I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. This is the second book in this chapter book series. It centers around Ivy this time. She is a fairy but she is not interested in the normal fairy stuff. She wants to find her own path. She struggles finding her own path. This learns her and her friends on another wild adventures that she discovers one night while wondering thought the school. I am enjoying all the characters but I still need something more from Azalea.

Early chapter books are a fun medium for developing readers and connecting with your child over more than just a short picture book. My kid and I love reading together, so I’m always looking for new things that interest both of us.


Oakleaf Academy is a new chapter book series that follows Poppy and her friends navigating everyday school life, new-found magic, and mysteries.


We thoroughly enjoyed the first two books in the series, which embrace friendship, diversity, and working through the everyday problems of growing up.


My kid keeps asking when the next one will come out, and I think that’s a good sign.

This is the second book I’ve read in this series and I love them.

There’s a mystery to be solved in Oakleaf Academy and the 4 friends are going to help solve it. Ivy and the other fairies are getting ready to celebrate Sugarplum Day when Ivy spots a strange thing in the hallway. She then gets the help from her friends to solve the mystery. Loved the characters and the illustrations are beautiful.

A perfect book for a young girl with fun characters and lovely illustrations. 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a copy.

Thank you so much to Arcturus and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

The oakleaf students have their first classes in their spark magic, Ivy unexpectedly struggles to learn her starmagic. But with the right teacher and the right moondust that is right for her she can do it and save herself and her friends from a dangerous situation.

Ivy was a very interesting character, she didn’t want to be a traditional fairy and wanted to stand out. It was interesting that she spotted the boggart and even though we’re taught to avoid them, she went after him. She learnt so much by chasing him, she changed history and told a story correctly for the first time in centuries.

I liked the friendship group they were all so very different to each other and it work perfectly, I liked learning all about the different types of spark magic they all had. That was fun as each was so different and reacted different to what they were.

This is an exciting new series following these fairies, pixies, sprites, brownies, leprechauns, boggarts and more as they learn their magic at oakleaf boarding school. I think it’s going to be a series children that love fairies and magic are going to really love it’s very exciting and the characters are really fascinating.

Review to come March 4th to blog/goodreads.

 The second book in the series, of course after I enjoyed reading the first book I had to get this one from Netgalley!

This one is going to be chaotic. It is the 6th of Feb here and I am all dead from my bday (and the Friday before that) so my review for this book may be chaotic as I will be writing/editing as I read. Plus, again, tired. XD

I really loved that we started with an introduction + cute illustrations on the girls!

And then it is time to get started, I liked that in this book Ivy is the MC. Will Jessamy or Azalea be next up? That would be fun, though I am still not 100% liking Azalea so that may be a pass for me, but it all depends on this book! Back to Ivy, we see how she is doing now that she has discovered her spark. We see how she loves music and has quite a voice. And how she is asked to be part of a big performance celebrated Sugar Plum fairy. I was so proud of her. But my proudness and happiness did disappear a bit as she kept doubting herself and also let Holly just walk over her. I just wanted her to speak up. But I guess, just like Poppy in the first book, that is impossible. Why talk when you can just mope all the time. At 33% I was just hoping that things would get better because I was definitely not in the mood for it. Plus, I hoped that Ivy would also be a bit kinder to people who wanted to be fairies and just wanted to be girly. She was just so much that trope: "I am not like other girls." And I am not a fan of that one.

I am glad that the whole thing mentioned in the blurb actually came around! Around 34% Ivy meets a mysterious being in the library and I was eager to get more of it! I did like that she talked to her friends about her experience (and also later ones), I thought for sure that, just like her feelings and such, she would keep it bottled up. But no! I was so happy that she involved her friends and I loved seeing the girls try to figure out the mystery of what the boggart is doing + the meaning of the map it let go.

It was such a fun surprise to see BOOKWORMS caring for the library! That was such a fun touch~

As I said in my review for the previous book I did miss the lessons, A LOT, but in this one we get to see some! Since we follow Ivy we see a lot of Ariel lessons. From catching stardust to more. And I love that we find out that Ariel magic comes with music/dancing as well! So perfect for our Ivy who loves music (though please no more guitar unless you had some more practice). I did feel for her, but what did she expect to magically be able to do it in one go? Yes, it was magical all her classmates seem to be able to do it, a bit too magical if you ask me I would have rather seen more also not able to do it, but that doesn't mean you should doubt yourself. If anything, just talk to someone. I am also happy that next to Ivy's lessons we heard about the lessons of the other roommates/friends! That was fun! But of course, like the previous book there is something else to being Ariel and I was both enjoying it and shaking my head as it was just a tad too magical for me. Instead of having her focus on that, of course that one works better. *sighs* I know this is a kids book, but kids are not dumb. I am glad however that after that lesson she did talk to someone. FINALLY.

I did both like and not like the similarities in the two teachers and Ivy and her sister. For one I liked as it told Ivy it was OK to have your differences, but on the other hand it was once again quite magical.

I did love the girls quest for the treasure! These 4 are just such fun friends and I loved that they are all eager for some adventure! The adventure was exciting, and I loved seeing the girls use magic that they had learned thanks to the lessons.

I did love all the revelations that came out! From Sugarplum to boggarts there is a lot that comes out and while at times I was like, I KNEW IT, I did enjoy it. It was great and I hope that we can now see more boggarts around. I also liked Sugarplum Fairy day and how it all was a way more fun than how it sounded in the beginning. XD

The illustrations are still a lot of fun!

All in all, despite some magical conveniences and moments, I had a lot of fun and will continue on with the series! I just cannot resist a boarding school story, especially one with magic!