Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

This is a well written book, but ultimately I just don't think it's a good fit for my student population.

Two sixth grade BFFs find that their friendship is starting to unravel as Gem begins to physically mature while Birdie is still a kid. Add to the mix a non-binary kid (Van) newly transplanted from Ireland and a crash-landed, wish-granting fairy (Phoebe) and the story evolves into the three trying to solve the problem of restoring Phoebe's ability to fly and to grant wishes. Each character has a secret wish which underlies a wish they are willing to share. In order to help Phoebe return to her home star, each child must overcome their fear of sharing their deepest secret wish. At one point, Phoebe asks to be hit in the face so that she can get to sleep, apparently, this is common on her home star, but was this violence necessary to add to a children's book? Was this supposed to be funny? A child who is suffering from abuse or has abuse going on in their home does not need to be reading about how someone needs to be hit in the face in order to go to sleep. A story about the pangs of growing up and changing relationships with friends would have been sufficient..