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sazley
Since: Feb, 2013
4th Apr, 2017 09:50:42 AM
The Rainbow Magic fairy books?
Edited by sazley
Argon2
Since: Nov, 2012
4th Apr, 2017 09:55:44 PM
No, the protagonist was fae or at least part-fae.
perfectpieces
Since: Jun, 2015
12th May, 2017 05:02:37 AM
oh my goodness you're thinking of the Stardust series by Linda Chapman!!! i love those books so so much they were my life :')
Argon2
Since: Nov, 2012
28th May, 2017 07:51:11 AM
That's it! Thanks.
Each fairy 'belongs' to a particular season and manifests powers related to it as they grow up. Naturally, the protagonist doesn't know what season she is until the end of the book, when she creates fire to scare away a snake and realizes she's a summer fairy.