Fourth Grade Fairy #01: Fourth Grade Fairy

All Willow Doyle wants is to be normal, to fit in at her new school, and to have a best friend. But there’s no way Willow will ever be normal. There isn’t anything normal about her or the Doyle family.

Willow comes from a long line of fairy godmothers and she’s expected to be one too when the time comes. (At the moment she’s merely sprite status.) Maybe that would be cool if it were like the old days when the humans — known as humdrums — knew fairy godmothers existed and the fairies didn’t have to keep their fairy status secret. Now they’re stuck helping humans who don’t even believe in them. Rather than help normals, Willow would rather be human. She’s sick of being weird.

When she's given the chance to attend a humdrum elementary school for two weeks, this is Willow's chance to finally experience a normal life — but will she be able to fit in? And can she find her best friend there, even if her parents discourage making friends with humans?

Willow Doyle comes from a long line of fairy godmothers, but all she wants to be is normal. Why would she want to become a full-fledged fairy godmother (she’s currently at sprite status) and be stuck helping humans—known as humdrums in her family—who don’t even believe she exists? No, Willow would rather be human. So she’s thrilled when she has the chance to attend a humdrum elementary school for two weeks. Normal! At last! But can Willow fit in with the humdrums and make a best friend, even though her parents don’t want her hanging out with humans? Find out in this hilarious and enchanting new series from an acclaimed young adult author.

Eileen Cook spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. When she was unable to find any job postings for world famous author, she went to Michigan State University and became a counselor so she could at least afford her book buying habit. But real people have real problems, so she returned to writing because she liked having the ability to control the ending. Which is much harder with humans.

You can read more about Eileen, her books, and the things that strike her as funny at eileencook.com and on Twitter at @Eileenwriter. Eileen lives in Vancouver with her husband and dogs and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else.