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sazley
Since: Feb, 2013
Argon2
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perfectpieces
Since: Jun, 2015
Argon2
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)

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.