The World's Worst Fairy Godmother

The World's Worst Fairy Godmother, by Bruce Coville

This was a book that I felt would be a great one to end my blog with for right now. I have had this book on my bookshelf for years but never read it. It is a HILARIOUS book for children to read! It is about Maybelle Clodnowski, who is, by the title, THE "world's worst fairy godmother." After she makes ANOTHER mistake with her spells, her boss, Mr. Peters, makes her turn a PERFECT little girl named Susan into a normal kid. As Mr. Peters and her overseer, Edna Prim, who was Fairy Godmother of the Year for 147 years, watch the class that Maybelle's assignment is in, she takes guesses based on the naughty little prank-pulling children in the class as they tease one another, however Mr. Peters wants Maybelle to turn Susan into a better child so she won't think she's so perfect anymore. However, there is an evil little creature named Zozmagog who is trying to end Maybelle's career as a fairy godmother, so he creates an "evil apple" to give to Susan instead of a "normal magic apple!" Susan eats it and tears apart the town, and takes all of her classmates with her. They are all HORRIBLE children. Meanwhile, Zozmagog has a secret... A BIG secret! He is in LOVE with Edna! And he wants help of his own becoming good from the woman he loves most. I think that readers should see what happens next in this fun HILARIOUS imaginative story, so the ending will be kept a surprise, but I LOVED IT!