<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<review>
  <id>57108638</id>
    <user>
    <id>757602</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Lars]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Burlingame, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/757602-lars]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1199816668p3/757602.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1199816668p2/757602.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">141745</id>
  <isbn>0786834919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780786834914</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">141</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172129041m/141745.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172129041s/141745.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141745.Fairy_Dust_and_the_Quest_for_the_Egg</link>
  <average_rating>3.65</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1014</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Seasoned fractured fairy tale teller  Gail Carson Levine provides the captivating back story of Tinker Bell and Co. in this lavishly illustrated addition to the Neverland canon. Freckled and eager to please, Prilla is a brand new fairy, born of a baby's laugh. Upon her arrival to Neverland, she is dismayed to discover she has no talent for any of the fairy avocations. Tinker Bell (a pots-and-pans-talent fairy) takes Prilla to see Mother Dove, whose single blue egg holds the secret of the island's eternal youth. But before the wise bird can advise Prilla, Neverland is shaken by a terrible hurricane. Mother Dove is thrown off her nest, and the precious egg is shattered. Immediately, Neverland folk begin to age.<p> The island's only hope is for some brave fairies to take the egg pieces to Kyto the dragon and ask him to restore it with his fiery breath. But first, the fairies must collect treasures with which to bribe the evil dragon. Mother Dove chooses Prilla to be part of the fairy team to undertake the quest for the egg. Can one little no-talent fairy help save Neverland from certain doom? While <em>Fairy Dust</em> is unabashedly based on Disney's Peter Pan, Levine's companion version feels wonderfully fresh and original. The charming maxims of Levine's fairy world (fairies say &quot;Fly with you,&quot; instead of &quot;Pleased to meet you,&quot; and need dust made from Mother Dove's feathers to fly) along with David Christiana's sumptuous illustrations breathe new life into a beloved classic. <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em></p>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>13677</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Gail Carson Levine]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1204660487p5/13677.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1204660487p2/13677.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13677.Gail_Carson_Levine]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>51543</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>6411</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 23 19:10:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 23 19:45:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[At first a little too cutesy for me.  David Christiana's watercolored illustration was exquisite but his fairies were just a bit too Disneyesquely precious, especially after being exposed to edgier work by him in Alvin Schwartz's 'Tales of Trickery from the Land of Spoof.'  And the fairy protagonist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57108638">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57108638]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57108638]]></link>
</review>

</GoodreadsResponse>