Don't Expect Magic

Don’t Expect Magic by Kathy McCullough

Delaney Collins doesn’t want to move to California to live with her famous father. Dr. Hank has been there for everyone else in the country but her. But Delaney has no choice in the matter, once her mother is gone. Determined not to bond with her father, Delaney is an outcast in the beginning of the novel. She doesn’t at all fit in with the kids at her new high school. But when she discovers her father’s true occupation – fairy “godmother” – things begin to change, especially when she discovers that she is a fairy godmother, too. Delany’s voice in the novel is rich with humor and sarcasm, but that is only part of who Delaney really is. The first person narration really lets the reader experience the events as Delany does, and helps the reader connect to the character in a way that another type of narration would not.