"Beware a mermaid’s wrath!" the mermaid Soop warns the water-talent fairy Rani. Soop has grown tired of waiting for the magic wand that Rani promised her in exchange for her help saving Never Land. And though Rani would love to fulfill her promise and bring Soop a wand, Mother Dove, the wisest creature in Never Land, has forbidden it. Her patience at an end, Soop sends a flood to destroy Fairy Haven. Now the only thing that can save the fairies’ home is the arrival of the wand.
Rani, Tinker Bell, and the fairy queen, Clarion, set off on a perilous quest to find a wand, a journey that takes them across an ocean, to the palace of the Great Wanded fairies. Many obstacles stand between the Never fairies and their desire for peace in Fairy Haven, not the least of which are their own secret dreams. For a wand can easily tempt a fairy into making a foolish wish, with terrible consequences.
In this thrilling sequel to Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine and illustrator David Christiana have conspired to spin a riveting fairytale about the dangers of dreams come true.
Just letting you all know: I'm only going to review books I love. There's enough negative criticism without me piling on. A book is too hard to write.
Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and began writing seriously in 1987. Her first book for children, Ella Enchanted, was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Fairest; Dave at Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; The Wish; The Two Princesses of Bamarre; and the six Princess Tales books. She is also the author of the nonfiction book Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly and the picture book Betsy Who Cried Wolf, illustrated by Scott Nash. Gail, her husband, David, and their Airedale, Baxter, live in a 1790 farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley of New York State.
I clearly remember that this was my first book (of more than 100 pages) that i read in my life. It took me around... Hmm... One year? No. Over a year. It took me over a year to finish this book, i was only nine years old, so, one page was like a REALLY big progress for me.
But anyway i remember ( i read it a long that ago that i can't remember clearly) that i really like.
What happens when a selfish mermaid wants a wand? A flood happens. What happens when a fairy hears a mermaids' song? They fairy turns into a bat. What happens when some fairies go on a quest for a wand? Read it and you'll find out. XD
I'm not sure what to say. I bought it at a recent Scholastic warehouse sale because my 4 year old daughter saw the cover with all the fairies and I saw the name of the author whom I usually really enjoy...but this book was somewhat of a disaster. It is published by the "Disney" company and involves Tinkerbell and other fairies from Neverland but the writing is very choppy and formulaic...no individual voice and style to it. The story is confusing and doesn't get very interesting until about 1/2 way through and then it is only mildly interesting. I say skip it altogether!
A lot of trauma for the story to basically be voided by the end… If the 1st book shows the very best of the fairies, this one shows the very worst. Gail Carson Levine’s writing is impeccable as always - I just found myself not enjoying this one as much.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
I finally finished this book! This story actually felt pretty long. I feel like it was drawn out to make it the number of pages the publisher wanted. The beginning of the book wasn't bad. It was interesting enough and moved right along. It was about halfway through when everyone was going through wand madness and making wishes and then seeing the repercussions of those wishes that seemed to drag on.
The illustrations were beautiful though, just like the last book. I actually like Tinker Bell as well. I’m glad I own both the books and found both of them at the used book sale. I’ll read them to my daughter when she’s a little older. I just wish the story was written a little bit better. I get that it’s written for kids, but I feel like you can have a story at a simple level with a good pace of beginning, middle, and end. Maybe if they had made the story 50 pages shorter I would be singing it’s praises.
This book is utterly charming. Young readers will adore the little fairies and their friend, Mother Dove, as well as Soop and the other mesmerizing mermaids. Ms. Levine teaches the reader a lot about friendship, jealousy, and greed in this wonderful tale of a group of fairies who retrieve a special wand for Soop, a mermaid determined to get exactly what she wants.
The spell of the wand is very powerful. Who wouldn't want to indulge in a little dreaming? If you had the chance to make a wish and get exactly what you'd always wanted, wouldn't you take it? Only the courage and friendship of a very special group of fairies is capable of turning the tide and restoring balance once again. Delightful for the young at heart.
I was going to give this just two stars because I found the world-building confusing, almost like this is a sequel and not the first book in a series. Only now that I’ve finished it, I discover that this IS a sequel. So maybe the first book explains Mother Dove and her egg, leg dust, and why mermaid’s song turns fairies into bats…who knew the Neverland Fairies had such a complex culture?! But anyway, this is just fine. My used copy is a very pretty edition with very Disney-ish illustrations (published by Disney so no surprise), but the story isn’t very memorable and the writing is pretty bland. That said, I can imagine this being a hit with a kid who loves Disney fairies.
This is technically another book in the Disney fairies series, although this one is hardbound and larger than the standard softbound books.
It's also not as good.
The first thing I didn't like about the book is the artwork. It is definitely inferior to the artwork in the regular Disney Fairies books. It's pale and washed-out, and the fairies look remarkable unlike the fairies in the regular series of books. It's actually bothersome.
The second thing I didn't like about the book is the story. Things do go wrong in the other Fairies books, but nothing horrible happens, things are usually sort of funny at times, and the stories are sort of light in nature.
Not this book. It's like someone wanted to do a horror story based in the Fairies world. Fairies die. Fairies betray other fairies (and mermaids betray other mermaids). Greed and the drive for power seem foremost. This is a very dark, very nasty sort of book, totally out of character with the regular series of Fairies books that have been put out.
A very poor, very disappointing, at times upsetting book that really should never have appeared in the Fairies series.
This really was not that enjoyable for me or for my daughter. I was super annoyed by the weird conversations when they would finish the other person's sentences. It didn't read well for me at all. I'm fairly familiar with the different fairies, so that helped a little, but the writing was a flop for me.
If I hadn't been listening to this on audio and been without another audiobook, I wouldn't have finished this. It was not the fault of the audiobook reader, and if the reader hadn't been good, I'd have stopped listening. It's about Rani (pronounced Ronnie on the audiobook) wanting to get a wand from the wandies so she can make a mermaid her friend. There is wand madness, and in the end many poor wish choices are made with only one really good one. Then there is the inane mother dove who is perpetually sitting on her egg, because if her egg hatches she will lose her magic, her moulted wings will no longer be able to be ground into fairy dust, and various and sundry other things.
Perhaps children like this tale, but even my most children's book tolerant kids (too old for this) also thought it bad when they were riding with me.
The writing In incredibly uneven, and the plot is a challenge to follow. Random events happen with no rhyme nor reason. It made for a really challenging read aloud, and I can’t recommend this to anyone.
Ugg this one felt so long for only be a 3 hour audiobook. I did not enjoy this one very much. I think these fairy books were enchanting for a particular age but are not holding up as I've grown up unfortunately.
I enjoyed the first book in this series when I was a kid, and I even enjoyed rereading it as an adult. This book however, was bizarre. The whole storyline with Rani turning into a bat was just weird. I didn’t enjoy it at all.
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand by Gail Carson Levine Edition: Hardcover Amazon.com
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Wand Madness, September 8, 2008
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand By Gail Carson Levine
Soop is a mermaid in Neverland. She is threatening to flood Neverland, unless the fairies get her a wand. Tinkerbelle, and the other fairies are sent on a quest to get a wand from the Great Wandies. The wandies are willing to give up the wand to help save Fairy Haven. The wandies decide it would be best if they put the wand to sleep.
Each fairy is allowed to have one wish, on the way back to Fairy Haven. One fairy wishes to have wings, so she can fly, and then turns around and wishes for Soop to be her friend. Tinkerbelle wishes for Peter Pan to fall in love with a clam shell. The fairies get carried away with wishes and they all get `wand madness'. This means, they can't stop using the wand. The magic of fairy dust has always been enough for the fairies, until the wand takes over.
The mermaid, Soop, turns one fairy into a bat, by singing her song, before she can warn the mermaid that wand wishes are permanent. Soop makes it so her mermaid friend cannot speak, or read, the friend wishes that Soop can't be heard. When the fairies sneak in and take the wand from the mermaids, the wand is in a dream state. The wand makes the fairies grow and shrink, grow and shrink.
Tinkerbell tries to tame the wand. Will she be able to control the wand, without getting wand madness, again? Will the fairies be able to return to their normal size? How can the fairies return the wand and return to their calm, peaceful kingdom?
Although, this book is very fast paced and exciting, at first, it was a little hard to follow. It took awhile before I realized I was reading about Tinkerbelle and Neverland. I think it would be best to read Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, first.
Jill Ammon Vanderwood author: Through the Rug Through The Rug 2: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug) Stowaway: The San Francisco Adventures of Sara, the Pineapple Cat
As with the first book, I love these illustrations! The Great Wandies and the mermaids I think were my favorite in this book. So many colors and so much life. I love the addition of these illustrations to the book and hold them as much a part of the story as the plot and characters themselves. They really bring the magic and the world of Neverland to life.
The plot of this sequel is much more topsy turvy than its more direct and straightforward predecessor. Book 1 is an adventure with obstacles and one clear mission: save the egg, save Neverland! Book 2 starts with a goal: fulfill a promise, get a wand, save Fairy Haven, but we meet that goal halfway through the book and things go all awry after that for the second half. (I did really like the way Neverland hesitated to let them back in and I wish we'd dug more into that line of thought.) While I think this explosion of chaos makes sense given the nature of the plot (and the wand, specifically), it did make for a plot that felt less structured and somewhat aimless at points.
That said, it's still a fun adventure with quirky Neverlandish magic that creates a whimsical story. And I really liked how all the wishes went awry. Takes the "be careful what you wish for" proverb to new fun, engaging, and illustrious heights. I do love my Never Fairies and their magical world. And getting a glimpse into each fairy's darkest temptations is really kind of fun. It's intriguing to see how their wishes played out can go oh-so-wrong and how that teaches each of them to be better fairies in the end. The story has some clever elements to it in that regard and I'm always a fan of that.
I also really liked the Great Wandies and even exploring the bat culture. I wanted to read more in the Wandies world and see a story in that realm of fairies play out. I definitely wanted to see more of their wand picking ceremonies and results there. And I just loved how the story ends so beautifully (although it did feel a little abrupt, admittedly).
This is a cute, short read, great for any imaginative child. I'd recommend 7/8+
I am sort of upset that I didn't like this adventure. It's just if you have read my review of Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg you would know why I like the Disney Fairies. They just seem comfortable with themselves. In this book it was all about the fairies having magic wand madness that made them want to wish for what they wanted. Of course things go bad when they get what they want. It is a story that gets told a lot. Yes, Yes, be careful what you wish for. I know this story very well. I guess I am disappointed because I don't think the fairies needed this story. Couldn't the wand have done something else besides grant wishes. And then again poor Rani has yet another accident. The first book she cuts off her wings. This book she gets turned into a bat and the bat has it's own essence. It is esscentually it's it own person or own bat with Rani stuck inside. Neither one wants to not exist. They work it out eventually sort of... I am thinking there is going to be a whole book about that.
Oh no! Rani made another estupido mistake and now they have to give a want to a mermaid! Wait a short moment...give a want to a mermaid!? That can't be right! To do that would cause the end of Neverland... or even the world!
But they must! The mermaids are threatening them with a flood. A flood would mean the end of Fairy Haven!
So Queen Ree (Clarion) send the fairies on a quest to go to the mainland and ask the big fairies for a wand.
But it's much more difficult than that. They must overcome the temptation to wave the wand themselves and make their own wishes.
Rani wants to fly again. Queen Clarion wants for there not to be anymore things harming Neverland. Tink is content... or is she? Terence wants Tink to love him. The wand madness is getting to everyone!!!!!
Do the fairies have enough willpower for this next adventure or will Fairy Haven disappear forever?
The second book about Fairy Haven. When I finished the first one, I thought how weird it was that they left a few loose ends. Then when I got to GR I found out why, so they could take that and turn it into another quest. The fairies need a wand to give to a mermaid who traded them her comb in the first book. I really liked the theme of the story about how nothing good comes from wishing for things you want. Everyone who made a selfish or forced their will upon another ended up with consequences or regretting it. While Prilla who made a wish that did not benefit her had wonderful results. I hated the tangent about how if a mermaid sings to a fairy that fairy then becomes a bat. ?! WHAT?! That really turned me off of that section of the book. Overall listening to it on audio was more enjoyable than trying to sit and read it like I did with the first book.
Annabelle: I like Prilla the Fairy Talent because it was really fun that she could blink away. And that she made a wish to make Sara Quirtle complete. I liked it that in the end, the wand did only good things. That was my favorite part. And I think it was fun how that Rani the fairy could turn into a bat and how she got out of the bat-brain-thingy. And that's all I like.
Me: I read this to Annabelle. It started out really good, I was intrigued and excited. But it got stranger and stranger as it went on. So many side stories. I still don't understand how or why Rani got turned into a bat. (Could've been I slept through that part, despite the fact that I did the reading). Yeah, still a bit confused about that. But a cute story.
Such a cute book. I love how these stories move right along. I wish they could be longer, but they make for a wonderful rainy day read. Such a shame there are only 3.
Para comenzar debo decir que leí este libro con siete u ocho años, al inicio me deje llevar por la portada y los colores llamativos y hermosos que esta tiene. Sin embargo, debo decir que fue tedioso en ese momento el hecho de leerlo, y hace poco que lo releí entendí por qué. Esta historia es independiente de otras, me parece que existen otros volúmenes, no obstante recomiendo que hayan visto quizá una película de las hadas de Disney, ya que eso facilita la lectura. Lo que más me gustó de este libro fueron las bellas ilustraciones y los colores que estas tienen, ya que ayudan a la imaginación del lector y provocan dulces sensaciones que te hacen sentir parte de la Hondonada de las Hadas y del País de Nunca Jamás.
When Rena fails to return a wand to the mermaid Soop for the hair comb she gave to her, Soop threatens to flood Fairy Haven. Soop comes through on her threat when Rena says she doesn't have the wand. While Fairy Haven, Mother Dove and the many fairies at Fairy Haven are slowly sinking under water; Rena, Tink and Ree set out on an adventure to find a wand to give to Soop the mermaid. The lives of many are in their hands and they succumb to the magic of the wand, "wand madness". Terrible things go wrong and they all must unite together to make them right again. I love reading children's books every once and awhile, keeps me young at heart.
In the previous book, Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, a promise is made to the mermaid Soop. In exchange for the mermaid comb, she was promised a magic wand. Time has passed and this promise has not been fulfilled. So, Soop decides that she will flood Fairy Haven unless she is given her want.
Queen Clarion, Tinkerbell and Rani set out for the land of the fairies that possess wands in hopes that they will be able to get a wand to prevent the flooding.
A rare sequel that is better than the first, wand fever afflicts the fairies, causing them to make wishes they don't mean, wishes that cannot be reversed.
This was kind of a cute book. You really need to know the fairy lore of the Disney Neverland Fairies to really get the book, though. I've seen a couple of the movies, so I got the talents and some of that. I need to read the first one, since I'd never heard any of that about the Dove. This is not a particularly deep book, and doesn't really have any grand message, other than "be responsible." The illustrations are quite well done and I enjoyed them a lot. This is a good book for girls on a purely entertainment level.