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How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

In a city where everyone’s born with a personal ‘fairy’—a knack that helps (or hinders)—one girl schemes to trade hers in. How to Ditch Your Fairy is a witty, light-footed fantasy about luck, labels, and rewriting your own rulebook.

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... fun, everyday-life magic that causes hilarious complications?

Bras & Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski

If you loved how Charlie’s utterly impractical parking fairy kept wrecking her plans at New Avalon Sports High—and how her schemes with Fiorenze to swap fairies spiraled into comic chaos—you’ll click with the fizzy magic in Bras & Broomsticks. When Rachel’s mom and sister reveal they’re witches, Rachel starts “borrowing” spells to fix her social life and crushes, only to trigger one mess after another. It’s the same breezy, laugh-out-loud vibe of magic-as-life-hack that never goes the way you want.

... a snarky, rules-filled school where magical abilities complicate classes, crushes, and cliques?

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Charlie’s demerit-dodging at New Avalon and her constant run-ins with school rules—plus the drama that comes with her fairy and Stefan—mirror the delightful trouble Sophie Mercer finds in Hex Hall. Banished to a reform school for wayward witches and shapeshifters, Sophie juggles punishments, prickly roommates, and a dangerously cute classmate. If the academy politics and no-good-idea-goes-unpunished antics in Charlie’s world hooked you, this will feel like home.

... quick-witted banter and comic romantic tangles mixed with magic?

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Enjoyed the sharp, funny voice as Charlie plots to ditch the world’s most inconvenient fairy and navigates awkward crush energy with Stefan? Carry On delivers that same blend of humor and heart, swapping in a magic-charged boarding school where Simon and his maybe-rival-maybe-crush Baz trade barbs and blunders while the magical world piles on problems. It’s quippy, romantic, and delightfully self-aware—like Charlie’s misadventures, just with fangs and wands.

... a teen discovering her place and power while learning the costs of magic?

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

If Charlie’s journey—from hating her parking fairy to understanding what her abilities mean for who she is—hit the spot, Akata Witch offers a deeper, exhilarating version of that growth. Sunny discovers she has latent magic, joins a secret learning group, and trains while facing real dangers and ethical choices. Like Charlie and Fiorenze’s attempts to own their powers instead of being owned by them, Sunny’s path is a vibrant, coming-into-yourself adventure.

... wrestling with an unwanted ‘gift’ that complicates identity, friendships, and romance?

Every Day by David Levithan

Charlie’s struggle with a power she never asked for—her fairy—keeps colliding with her friendships and crush on Stefan. In Every Day, A wakes up in a different body each morning and still tries to form a real connection. The premise is different, but the emotional core is similar: figuring out who you are when your “gift” makes normal life messy, and choosing what kind of person you’ll be despite it.

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