A decidedly non-serious 16-year-old Virginia student wishes herself into fairy-tale land in Rallison’s giddy, ornately plotted fantasy. Savannah Delano pays more attention to her hair than her vocabulary, unlike her 18-year-old college-bound sister, Jane. When gorgeous track star Hunter dumps her for her more organized, responsible sibling, Savannah is offered three consolation wishes by a bored, shopoholic fairy godmother, “Chrissy” (short for Chrysanthemum). That Chrissy’s just “fair” at her job comes clear when she fouls up Savannah’s wish to find a prince who loves her for her true qualities, sending her back into the Middle Ages first as Cinderella, then Snow White, then as a damsel in distress who has to aid a poor warrior bard (fellow high-schooler Tristan Hawkins) in becoming a prince. Tristan proves both an intrepid prince and prom date, allowing Savannah to forget her heartbreak, as Rallison throws in everything but the kitchen sink in this goofy, not terribly convincing departure from her usual more realistic fare (All’s Fair in Love, War and High School, 2003, etc.). (Fantasy. 10-14)
