Reviewed by: BigAl with input from The Princess
Genre: Middle Grade
Approximate word count: 10-15,000 words
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Author:
An English
native, de la Perrelle is fulfilling her lifetime dream to write after a long
and successful career.
For more,
visit de la Perrelle’s website.
Description:
“When
Isabella, the tooth fairy, falls foul of a trap to capture her, it is up to her
lifelong friend, Jamie, to mount a fearless rescue.
Isabella is
not only captured but she also loses her magical powers; she is a prisoner with
no means of escaping by herself.
Her only
chance of freedom is if Jamie realizes that she is missing and can get to her
before it is too late.
Will Jamie
find Isabella?
Will he
suffer the same fate as his lifelong friend?
Will they
manage to escape and return home safely?
This is an
original story with a modern twist on the classic tooth fairy character.
The fairies
are both male and female and they use computers to hold their tooth schedules.”
Appraisal:
“Crash,
bang, clang, clatter! Isabella was rudely shaken from her peaceful slumber.”
A simple,
yet powerful, first two lines that struck me as especially good. Already, we
have a conflict developing to pull the reader in. It worked for me and it
worked for “The Princess,” my nine year-old granddaughter, who assisted me with
her thoughts on The Wobbler! This is
the first of three books planned in a series of tooth fairy adventures. It’s
well edited with a modern fairy tale storyline and story world that should
appeal to children of many ages. The vocabulary and length are perfect for ages
eight to ten and would be ideal for a parent or older sibling to read to
younger kids.
The
Princess enjoyed The Wobbler!, giving
it a letter grade of A-. Her favorite part was when the main character, Isabella,
got “trapped.” I don’t want to say too much about this to avoid spoilers, but I
can say that this happens relatively early in the book and is the first major
crisis, setting up the rest of the story. The Princess was drawn into
Isabella’s dilemma, wondering, “what’s going to happen next?” Strange (at least
to me) was when I asked The Princess her least favorite part of the story and
she said it was Isabella’s “complaining” after getting trapped. This didn’t seem
extreme to me and only emphasized her desperate situation. I guess The Princess
wanted her to “suck it up” and get on with problem solving, trying to figure
out how to get out of the trap.
Although
The Princess liked the book, she suggested that, while kids up to nine or
slightly older would enjoy reading The
Wobbler!, the book was ideally
suited for reading to younger kids who “still believe in the tooth fairy.”
FYI:
UK spelling
conventions.
The book
has some illustrations that render well in black and white for an eink Kindle,
but to get the full flavor, a Fire or other color capable reader or app would
be slightly better.
Format/Typo Issues:
No
significant issues
Rating: ***** Five stars
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