Wondrous Strange by Leslie Livingston

• ISBN: 978-0061575396
• Plot summary: Kelly moves to New York after high school to become an actress. While rehearsing for a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, strange things begin to happen. First, she moves up from understudy to lead role for the part of Titania when the former actress takes ill. She meets a handsome but guarded young man in Central Park. And then after saving a horse from drowning in a Central Park pond, he follows her home by climbing up her fire escape and into her bathroom where he takes up residence in her half full bathtub. The same handsome stranger is found lurking around every corner and soon enough, she finds out she is a fairy. Kelly takes it all in stride but upon finding out the truth about her birthright, Kelly's life becomes even more complicated than could ever have been imagined. Their feud over Kelly has the power to end more lives than any young girl could have imagined.
• Critical evaluation: This was an interest
• Reader's annotation: Kelly set out to be one of those aspiring New York actresses and ends up becoming much more than she bargained for.
• About the author: Lesley Livingston is a writer and actress living in Toronto, Canada.
• Genre: Fiction/Supernatural
• Curriculum ties, if any: None
• Booktalking ideas:
• Can you think of other young people whose parents occupations would make it hard to live a normal life?
• Reading level/interest age: 13+
• Challenge issues: Violence
• Why was this item included? Recommended for my supernatural genre research.