What if the Blue Fairy wasn't supposed to help Pinocchio? This New
York Times best-selling series twists another Disney classic into a
harrowing story in which the Blue Fairy defies fairy law, setting off a
dramatic chain of events.
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight . . . " So begins the
wish that changes everything--for Geppetto, for the Blue Fairy, and for
a little puppet named Pinocchio. The Blue Fairy isn't supposed to grant
wishes in the small village of Pariva, but something about this one
awakens some long-buried flicker within. Perhaps it's the hope she
senses beneath the old man's loneliness.
Or maybe it's the fact that long ago, before she was the Blue Fairy, she
was a young woman named Chiara from this very village, one with a simple
wish: to help others find happiness. Her sister, Ilaria, always teased
her for this, for Ilaria had big dreams to leave their sleepy village
and become a world-renowned opera singer. The two were close, despite
their differences. While Ilaria would have given anything to have a
fairy grant her wish, Chiara didn't believe in the lore for which their
village was famous.
Forty years later, Chiara, now the Blue Fairy, defies the rules of magic
to help an old friend. But she's discovered by the Scarlet Fairy,
formerly Ilaria, who, amid a decades-long grudge, holds the
transgression against her sister. They decide to settle things through a
good old-fashioned bet, with Pinocchio and Geppetto's fate hanging in
the balance.
Will the sisters find a way back to one another? Or is this, like many
matters of the heart, a gamble that comes with strings?
Try the other books in the A TWISTED TALE series:
- A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
- Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell
- As Old As Time by Liz Braswell
- Reflection by Elizabeth Lim
- Part of Your World by Liz Braswell
- Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita
- Conceal, Don't Feel by Jen Calonita
- Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell
- So This is Love by Elizabeth Lim
- Unbirthday by Liz Braswell
- Go the Distance by Jen Calonita
- What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell
- Almost There by Farrah Rochon
