Wings: A Fairy Tale [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

E.D. Baker (Author)

Book Description

When Tamisin discovers real wings growing from her back she wants to know what is making her supposedly normal life so weird. But before she can piece together the facts, she is kidnapped by goblins and brought to the land of fairies, goblins and many other magical creatures… including her real mother, Titania, the fairy queen.  As she  falls in love with Jak, who’s half goblin, and realizes the depth of her human parents’ love for her, she finds that having a set of beautiful wings suddenly sprout from your shoulder blades isn’t all bad, and there are many good reasons to fly….

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6–9—From the premise that Titania's night with the donkey-headed Bottom-as depicted in A Midsummer Night's Dream—resulted in a halfling child, Baker spins this modern fairy tale. Although she's used to being different, 15-year-old Tamasin is surprised when wings suddenly sprout from her back and her parents reveal that she was adopted. Meanwhile, in the land of the fey, Jak, another halfling, struggles to fit in with his goblin family. When his uncle sends him to the human world on a special mission to find and bring back a particular girl, he seizes the chance to prove himself. Jak meets Tamasin at school and invites her to a Halloween party. Together they fall through a gate and into the middle of a rebellion in the fairy world, pitting her birth mother, Titania, against his goblin uncle. Jak and Tamasin's friendship grows as they learn about one another and try to remain alive. Readers experience events from both teens' perspectives as the third-person narrative moves back and forth in time, alternating points of view. The author has left open the possibility of further adventures for Jak and Tamasin, but awkward transitions and far too many coincidentally helpful magic abilities make it hard to believe in this particular fairy world.—Kathleen Isaacs, Towson University, MD
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From Booklist

By the author of The Frog Princess (2002) and its sequels, this fantasy introduces Tamisin, a high-school student who thinks she’s a little different and discovers just how different she really is. Able to see goblins on Halloween nights and to dance with unearthly grace, she suddenly sprouts wings and learns her parents adopted her as a baby. Meanwhile, a handsome half-goblin is sent into Tamisin’s neighborhood to gain her trust and transport her back to his world. On their journey, Tamisin encounters fairies, a unicorn, and other magical creatures as she tries to learn more about her parentage while avoiding the many treacherous beings who threaten her. With several very different settings, a multitude of characters with their own subplots, and plenty of well-developed background to be filled in, the story loses focus a bit from time to time. But Baker always brings it back to Tamisin, whose identity lies at the heart of the story. Grades 5-8. --Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (April 29, 2008)
• ISBN-10: 1599901935
• ASIN: B001O2SD7A
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,431,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

E. D. Baker made her international debut with The Frog Princess, which was a Book Sense Children's Pick and has sold in many languages around the world. Since then she has written four other books in the series: Dragon's Breath, Once Upon a Curse, No Place for Magic and The Salamander Spell, as well as Wings: A Fairy Tale, a new look at the classic Midsummernight's Dream story. A mother of three and grandmother of one, Ms. Baker lives in Maryland, where she and her daughters breed horses and provide a home for five cats, three dogs, and three goats. www.edbakerbooks.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take flight with this lovely book, October 25, 2009

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Shortina "Shortina" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wings: A Fairy Tale (Hardcover)

E.D Baker has always been a favorite of mine. And when I heard about this book, I knew it would be something special.
The book is in three parts, Tamisan's side, Jak's side, and then there adventures together.
And it was. The characters were realistic (besides the whold magical thing) and very funny. There is a idea of romance with the two main characters, but Baker as always, doesn't fling them together, there love grows at a normal pace.
This book was very daring, E.d is using Shakesphere charactes. A dangerous fete, but she did it. It even made me want to read "A midsummer nights dream", that is a high compliment for Baker.
I laughed so many times in this book, and each character had their own unique voice. She gives unique qualities to magical creatures creatures that I had never thought of, but now can easilly imagine.
Great book, and I am hoping for a sequal!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, August 23, 2008

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TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wings: A Fairy Tale (Hardcover)

Tamisin has always recognized that she's a bit odd and doesn't quite fit in. Her appearance and the fact that she sees things others don't has always set her apart.

But she's shocked when she suddenly grows wings and is kidnapped and taken to a world where goblins and fairies exist. She'll soon learn that many things, even love, aren't all that they appear to be at first.

From the author that brought you the fun-loving THE TALES OF THE FROG PRINCESS series comes yet another magical and enthralling read. The fantasy elements are strong in this book, but so are many modern influences. The mix is both inviting and up-to-date, and the tale engaging as Tamisin struggles to find her place in her new world.

Although some solutions to certain problems may seem to come a little too quickly, WINGS is a wonderfully confident and enchanting read.

Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good book that could have been great, September 7, 2009

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Dawn Cline "fantasy book lover32" (creve coeur,IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wings: A Fairy Tale (Paperback)

I really thought I would absolutely love this book I even had to wait 2 months to get this book through inter-library loan and as I started reading I found myself drawn into the story of a girl who on a full moon must dance and fairires come and join her! I also fell into the growing relationship between Jak and our main character and at about 100 or so pages just as it was starting to get really exciting with goblins coming in. the story stops and goes back to Jak and tells his past story and even goes through conversations we have heard before only with little twists here and there ! I found that it really dragged the book down and if I had not waited so long to get the book I probably would have gave up so after about another 50 to 100 pages of that it goes back to the story where the pace picks up and draws you right back in!It is a good book but could have been great if those pages were either condenced(Because some of the info fills in holes and is important to the story) or done in a different way because most people don't want to get to an exciting part of the book to have it pulled away to go back and repeat! I would reccommend but would warn about the part I mentioned cause it is a good book