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six young girls all move to a town in rural Connecticut they
soon become friends due to their love of being creative. They
find an abandoned building in which to meet and form a club,
but who has sent them each a metal badge? The badges are magic
and the group find themselves in another world, told that
they are the ones to reawaken the wellspring of magic and
save the land. Maybe their talents are going to be even more
useful than they thought…
This is a fun new series for girls aged roughly 7-10 who enjoy
crafts and fantasy stories. Each of the girls (who are all
wisely a bit older than the target age range) enjoys a particular
creative activity and they all find a use for them in a magical
world. They also discover that they are princesses, irresistible
to any girly girl who enjoys Disney! I enjoyed the fact that
they had plenty of adventures and had to think outside the
box to solve problems although they also had some help from
the denizens. Friendly bears, water dragons, fairies and mud
people who make beads as well as dangerous plants and (a bit
of stereotyping here) evil spiders make up the population
of the magical world. This is a mixture of traditional children's
fantasy updated with thoroughly modern heroines and plenty
of references to hobbies. It is also only book one, so anybody
enjoying it will look forward to getting to know the girls
(all of whom introduce themselves and talk a bit about their
families) and finding out more about the magic. I reckon I
would have enjoyed it when I was the target ages and spent
a happy hour or so reading it as an adult.
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