The Pet Store Sprite: A Branches Book

Pixie Tricks #3

by Tracey West, Xavier Bonet (Illustrator)

Tracey West's magical adventure series is filled with tricky fairies -- and it's perfect for fans of her New York Times bestselling Dragon Masters series!





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This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!





Violet and her fairy friend Sprite have to send more pixies back to the Otherworld! This time, they team up with Violet's cousin, Leon, to stop a water sprite named Aquamarina who loves the drip, drip, drip of leaky faucets. But there's something terribly fishy about Aquamarina's fun and games. Can Violet stop this tricky fairy-and stay out of the deep end?





This is an exciting refresh of the popular Pixie Tricks series, with updated text and brand-new art on every page -- perfect for fans of Tracey West's Dragon Masters series!

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Fairies, Fiction, Kids, Middle Grade, Juvenile

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[MissA · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was nice to see the two fairies look at each other.

[Cara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can't believe it ended on a cliffhanger... and can't believe my response to that was 'must go to the library and find the next one'... this series is slowly dragging me in despite myself...

[Emma Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Violet hardly ever got in a bad mood. She didn't see the point. Being in a bad mood just keeps you from feeling happy. And that's silly." - I guess I know where my opinion on keeping grudges stems from. Eight-year-olds really do know everything.

It's funny how everything seems bigger as a child. I remember The Pixie Tricks series as being really long, but maybe that's just because my mum refused to buy me the next installement until I'd finished the previous one. This series really hooked me in, I spent a lot of time at the bookstore and begging my mum to take me to the bookstore in 2002. I'm glad I can binge read them now.

[Joanne Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read only this third book, but thought I could understand enough of the series premise. I would, however, recommend starting from the beginning. It seemed boy-friendly enough—a sort-of Spiderwick Chronicles for the emergent reader. I love Tracey's many series, but the writing in this one is clearly her early work. This is a reissue with new art that is definitely more on trend.

[Alexandra Maag · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another win for my almost kindergartner. She looked through all the pictures and still couldn’t wait to read it despite basically knowing the story. There were moments that made her gasp and that made her laugh. I love that West has written so many books that can be enjoyed by younger audiences and parents alike.

[AMY · Rating 5 out of 5]

88 pgs. This is the story of Violet, Leon and Sprite who go in search of another escaped sprite who is currently causing trouble with everyone's plumbing in their town. Great problem solving and adventures are found here. Highly recommended for grades 3-5.

[Eleanor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaaaaaa. She turned Brittany into a fish!

[Kc · Rating 5 out of 5]

92 pages not 75

[Hannah Watson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Usually my family loves Tracey West, but this book just didn't catch us. The first half was decent (great premise!), but the second half just stalled out. It escalated weirdly quickly, obvious solutions weren't tried, and the final "trick" wasn't a trick. My 6yo had been unsure about the book the whole time, and when the final solution was revealed, he was just done. And frankly, so was I. We're avid readers of Tracey West's Dragon Masters series. This was our first foray into Pixie Tricks, and we weren't impressed.

[talia · Rating 3 out of 5]

ummm I really do feel that we’re missing out bc these don’t include the glitter stickers anymore

I rated this in middle school based on my nostalgic recollection of reading it when I was six(ish) so idk but I’ll let the 3 stars stand

[Sabrina V · Rating 2 out of 5]

it wasnt just this one book it was the whole seiries that was very fun and childish! :D :D :D

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book series that I would highly recommend to younger readers. This is also a great book to read to younger people if that's what your looking for.

[Desiree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun book to read aloud to little girls who love fairies.

[Clare · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS ONE. It was one of my favourite books out of the series, the one that got me into it, if I remember correctly. *o*