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Chrysanthemum “Chrissy” Everstar is trying to raise her semester grade so she can enter Fairy Godmother University. Seventeen year-old Tansy Miller, who is feeling bruised by life, just happens to be Chrissy’s extra credit project. My Unfair Godmother is an original and delightful spin on a modern fairy tale mix-up.
Tansy Miller is your typical teenager with issues. She’s living with her father, stepmother and Nick, her stepbrother, while her mother travels around the country with her sister, who has been chosen to star in a musical. Her loser boyfriend ditches her at the scene of a vandalism scene where she is arrested and taken to the police station. Here, she meets the hunky undercover cop guy, who turns out not to be a cop after all but Hudson, a friend of Nick’s.
After being reprimanded by her father, mother and her boyfriend, Tansy thinks she’s at her lowest point—but then Chrissy appears and shows her, quite unintentionally, that things can get much worse. Not only is Chrissy only a ‘fair’ godmother (who only had average grades) and doesn’t get along with her Clover, her leprechaun assistant; she is also busy with job interviews and working as the tooth fairy, so she hasn’t got much time to spend with Tansy, or help her undo a misinterpreted wish or two that conjures up Robin Hood and his Merry Men into Tansy’s life.
When Tansy tries to undo Wish number one with Wish number two, Tansy ends up in the Middle Ages with her father, stepmother, Nick and Hudson. It’s a battle between Hondas and horses, flashlights and torches, as Tansy must outwit the likes of King John and Rumpelstiltskin to get everyone back home safely.
Rallison injects wonderfully touching moments into this mostly-humorous tale of a young teen girl making her way through difficult teenager issues such as blended families, self esteem and peer pressure. This fun and engaging tale about the fairy and not-so-fairytale aspects of life is a winning read for readers aged 12-17 years. Highly recommended.
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My Unfair Godmother