Author: Barb Ullman
Reading level: Middle School
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Rated 7/10
MY REVIEW
Welcome toNutfolk Woodpopulation 52
In the country town of Plunkit, where Willa and her mom start anew after her parents' divorce, Willa catches sight of a strange sparkle by the creek and in the old woods. Her older-than-old neighbor, Hazel Wicket, has an amusing story about these surroundings and an imagined family of tiny people that inhabit a tree stump. Willa knows there's no such thing as fairies, but when she spots more and more oddities around her, she can't stop an itchy feeling that there's some certainty to Hazel's curious tales of the Nutfolk.
Barb Bentler Ullman's fine first novel shares a special magic -- behind which hard truth and hidden wisdom await discovery.
It was an OK book, the fact it was about fairies is what drew me to it. I guess most middle school aged kids will love it but to me it wasn't that good and I love a lot of books written for that age group. Half the time things happened that didn't go with the storyline and you just wanted her to get to the point instead of telling us little details about every little thing. It didn't have a lot about the fairies really and when it came to describing the fairies like she did everything else it just wasn't that good. I did however like the relationship between Willa and Hazel, I thought it was sweet.
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