Mary the Sharing Fairy
Daisy Meadows
- Reading
- Try reading a little together first, then ask what the friends might do next. This can help you gauge whether the magical peril feels engaging or unsettling to your reader.
- Themes
- Friendship and sharing: The premise connects Mary’s stolen charm with a threat to friendships and has Rachel and Kirsty work together. Friendship and sharing are central subject matter, but their treatment cannot be determined from the premise alone.
- Magical threat: Jack Frost’s goblins steal Mary’s magical charm, which is linked to a risk to friendships. The premise uses fantasy conflict to create stakes; how the threat is handled or resolved remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- There is peril in the premise: goblins steal a magical object, and friendships are said to be at risk. How frightening this feels in the telling is unclear.