Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593570661)

Seventh grade is no fairy tale. From the bestselling author of Okay Witch comes an utterly enchanting graphic novel-diary hybrid about a twelve-year-old girl living an ordinary life in a magical land...disappointment, friend drama, adventure, mystery, and all!

To everyone else, the Magical Land of Gumbling is something out of fairy tales. But to Nell Starkeeper, it's just home. Sure, the town community center might be a castle, her dads run a star farm, and her best friend Myra is a fairy, but Nell is much more interested in finding out if she'll get the seventh grade apprenticeship of her dreams with world-famous artist Wiz Bravo.

She's pretty sure her entire life has been RUINED when she's instead matched with boring old Mrs. Birdneck in the town archives. And of course her perfect rival Leabelle gets to work with Wiz, and mean girl Viola won't let Nell forget it. Meanwhile, suddenly Myra seems more into hanging out with Leabelle and saving the town from some weird strangers who keep talking about turning Gumbling into a fancy resort than being friends with Nell anymore. Can Nell find a way to save everything that makes her world magical, while figuring out where she belongs in it?

Author: Emma Steinkellner
ISBN-10: 0593570669
ISBN-13: 9780593570661
Publisher: Labyrinth Road
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2023
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 521131 / Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/10/2023
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2023
School Library Journal 09/01/2023 pg. 106