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A Fairy's Guide to Understanding Humans
After moving to a bigger home in a new neighborhood, fourteen-year-old Morgan begins to miss her old friends and wishes she could go back to the way things were, but when her fairy-godmother-in-training appears and attempts to help by becoming human, things quickly spiral out of control!
32 pages, Hardcover
First published October 30, 2007
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Margaret Meacham
11 books10 followersMargaret Meacham is the award-winning author of fourteen novels for children and young adults, and a mystery novel set on the Chesapeake Bay. Her books include Oyster Moon which has recently been optioned for film by Green Films LLC, Secret of Heron Creek, Quiet! You’re Invisible, A Mid-Semester Night’s Dream, and A Fairy’s Guide to Understanding Humans. Her books are sold internationally, and two titles have been translated into French and German. She has written reviews, articles and short stories for numerous publications including Library Journal, Country Magazine, Successful Student Magazine, Maryland Magazine, Highlights for Children, Baltimore Magazine, and The Baltimore Sun. She is currently working on a mystery novel set on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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February 25, 2025This was a book I loved as a kid that I was able to find with help from the group “What’s the name of that book???” All I remembered was a fairy that loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer lol this was super cute and as fun as I remembered and now ik why us gen z love romantasy so much bc fairies were a big thing for girls in the late 2000s and 2010s I was obsessed w them and thought they were real so it was fun and nostalgic reading this again :)
January 24, 2018
This book is so fun to reread over and over and over and over again! It is fun for a quick read on boring days.
January 15, 2012
I had not read the first book, A Mid-Semester's Night Dream, before reading this book, so some parts were a little lost on me, but eventually, once I got into the book, my checkered understanding of the story was clarified. My biggest complaints were a) there wasn't much of a plot, and b) as soon as I actually got into the book, it was over. Onto the story itself! Morgan Yates is a fourteen year old human girl who Gretta, a fairy, accompanies. Before I continue, I want to say that Morgan's character wasn't very well developed. Before actually reading her age, I had imagined her to be nine, maybe ten, twelve at the most. I didn't expect her to be fourteen. From the way Margaret Meacham described her, she sounded a lot younger than she really is. Gretta is joining Morgan in this book for two reasons: a) she is writing a report on humans and needs primary resources for her research, and b) she's mad at her boyfriend. Gretta attempts to help Morgan with good intentions, but she only makes Morgan's life worse with various spells and her thoughts and opinions. Also, Gretta is crushing on Morgan's geeky brother, Sam, which only makes things worse for Morgan. Overall, I would say that if you don't want to have to return a book to the library one day after reading it, don't pick this book up. Despite Morgan's age, I would not recommend this read to anyone over the age of eleven. It was a lighthearted, humorous read for preteen girls, but for anyone twelve and older, you might get bored (and finished with the book) pretty quickly.
October 9, 2009
This book was adorable! I picked it out at random for my 8-year-old daughter, along with several other random books. Of all the books she's read recently (she reads 5 - 10 every week), she told me I HAD to read this one.
Super cute. I liked the story-line. I liked the characters. I liked the style. I liked the word choices. The whole book flowed nicely and felt entirely normal, like everyone has a fairy friend.
I loved reading about what really happened and then the fairy's unrealistic take on what happened. It's a literary concept that I dig, and it came across beautifully in this book. By the end I was even sympathetic towards silly-frit Gretta and felt like I understood her a little. Again, like fairies are actually real and can be "understood."
Highly recommend. Very fun.
Super cute. I liked the story-line. I liked the characters. I liked the style. I liked the word choices. The whole book flowed nicely and felt entirely normal, like everyone has a fairy friend.
I loved reading about what really happened and then the fairy's unrealistic take on what happened. It's a literary concept that I dig, and it came across beautifully in this book. By the end I was even sympathetic towards silly-frit Gretta and felt like I understood her a little. Again, like fairies are actually real and can be "understood."
Highly recommend. Very fun.
January 21, 2016
This is a sequel to a book I haven't read yet, but I was still able to figure out what was going on OK. Morgan Yates is 14 and has just moved. Gretta, a fairy visits her.
Gretta has some problems. She's a little bit over-enthusiastic, and a little bit under-qualified. Her heart is sort of in the right place, but she tends to mess up virtually all of her spells.
She also has a crush on Morgan's brother while she's still out the outs with her sort-of elven boyfriend.
The book is really funny, and everything works out at the end for everyone concerned.
Gretta has some problems. She's a little bit over-enthusiastic, and a little bit under-qualified. Her heart is sort of in the right place, but she tends to mess up virtually all of her spells.
She also has a crush on Morgan's brother while she's still out the outs with her sort-of elven boyfriend.
The book is really funny, and everything works out at the end for everyone concerned.
November 21, 2009
Tamra was right! Totally cute! I did read the 1st book, A Mid-Semester Nights Dream(since this is a sequel)...not as good. Any curious readers should just read this one. It's a quick, fun, imaginative read!
August 5, 2011
It was a really good book! It has a fairy named Gretta. She writes in a journal. It's exciting! She likes boys. She likes some boys named Sammy and Bristle. She is staying with a human girl named Morgan. Greta likes to study humans. It's really funny!
October 4, 2008
A cute fluffy sequel to A Mid-Semster Night's Dream. Slightly less readable because of all the fairy jargon (explained in the glossary, but annoying to look up) but still fun for a younger crowd.
November 18, 2012
The fairy in this book is very, very annoying. I liked the other character, Morgan, but the writing was mediocre and in fact was often grammatically incorrect. Overall... meh.
November 17, 2013
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