![]() ![]() The Truth Pixie goes to School is $20.95.Ī copy of this book was provided by PGC Booksįor an honest review. When the Truth Pixie goes back to the North Pole, where we see some of the characters from the other two books, the kids start to be friends with Aada.īut Aada misses her pixie friend, who has always tried to to remind her that being true to herself and liking herself is the most important thing. ![]() In the Truth Pixie Goes to School, the pixie is friends with Aada, who moved to a new town and doesn’t quite fit in with the other children, who don’t like Aada herself and really don’t like that she hangs around a pixie. And while impressive, it’s not my favourite either. My son liked both of the books we have read before, but after two pages of reading this one, he asked me to stop. She’d had a bad year, She’d had to move town, And start a new school, And wear a new frown. She was sometimes happy, But now she was sad. I didn’t realize this was the second book featuring the Truth Pixie, who – as her name implies – can only speak the truth. Also by Matt Haig The Truth Pixie: Goes to School There once was a girl Who lived far away, And who tried to be kind, Whatever the day. Either way, she is a pixie found at the North Pole along with Father Christmas and his cast of characters. SKU: 9781786898265 Category: Teenage Fiction & True Stories. I have met The Truth Pixie before, in Matt Haig’s A Boy Called Christmas or perhaps The Girl who Saved Christmas, I can’t remember. Buy The Truth Pixie Goes to School from The Classic Books Company. ![]()
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