One-Of-A-Kind Jewel
Author: Hannah Fay
Date: 2026-05-05 07:00:00+00:00
Keywords: Juvenile Fiction; Fantasy; Faeries (Fairies; Pixies; Elves; Etc.); Social Themes; Friendship; Readers; Chapter Books
Description: Meet the Fairy Scout Friends, a group of misfit fairies working together to earn their magic! Jewel is ready to spread her wings and take on a baking challenge that’s all about showing off her own sparkle, not her sister’s, in this sweet and magical adventure!Jewel Rose’s older sister, Starlight, is wings-down the most famous and admired fairy in Charmwood. To follow in her sister’s flight path of success, Jewel is convinced that she must do everything just the way that Starlight has done. But when the next charm challenge is to bake a dessert that expresses who you are—not who your sister is—
Publisher: Little Simon

CHAPTER 1 A Sweet Surprise

Jewel Rose never went anywhere without her notebook.

She brought it to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She clutched it to her chest while she flew. She even tucked it under her pillow every night before bedtime.

The notebook had everything she had ever learned about Fairy Scouts. It was her rule book for earning scout charms, collecting fairy dust, and becoming a full-fledged fairy!

Jewel turned to a fresh page in her notebook. She neatly wrote: Charm Challenge #3

“What do you think the third charm will be?” asked Flutterfly, one of Jewel’s scoutmates. Her big round wings kicked up a breeze.

“Well, this is the first time we’re gathering in the tree house cafeteria,” Bloom Feathers said. “I hope that means we’re making a dinner for hungry bugs!”

Jewel had never met a fairy who loved bugs as much as Bloom did.

Rain guessed next. (Rain’s full name was Rainbow Sunshine, but Jewel knew better than to call her that.)

“Maybe it’s an eating challenge,” Rain said. “Like, we’ll have to eat the spiciest peppers in all of Charmwood!”

Just imagining a bite of spicy pepper made Jewel start sweating.

“I’ll just look up the answer,” she said.

She flipped through her notebook and found her big checklist.

Jewel was about to turn the page when her troop leader, Ms. Dazzle, appeared in a puff of glitter.

“Is everyone ready for another day of Fairy Scouts?” Ms. Dazzle asked.

The room erupted in cheers. Of course they were ready!

Jewel waited for Ms. Dazzle to reveal the third charm. Instead, Ms. Dazzle tossed her fairy dust toward the tree house windows.

The windows flung open. The sweet scent of roses filled the cafeteria.

Then a fairy twirled in through the window. She landed gently in the center of the room, right where the sun streamed in like a spotlight. A swirl of rose petals settled at her feet.

Only one fairy could create such a grand entrance.

“Scouts, please welcome our very special guest,” Ms. Dazzle announced. “Starlight Rose!”

Starlight was the most famous fairy in Charmwood. She had earned the most charms in the history of the scouts. Now, as a full-fledged fairy, she was always making Charmwood a better place.

And Starlight just so happened to be Jewel’s older sister.

Starlight did another twirl and gave a dainty curtsy.

“Wow,” Rain whispered to Jewel. “Your sister is very… fairy.”

“She is the fairiest of them all,” Jewel agreed. “And someday, I’m going to be just like her!”

Just then, Starlight looked straight at Jewel and gave a wink.

All the scouts turned to gaze at Jewel with admiration.

Jewel blushed. It sure felt nice to be the sister of a very famous fairy.

And she couldn’t wait to show everyone that she was a very special Rose too!

CHAPTER 2 Starlight, Star Bright

Starlight spread her glittering wings and gave a bright smile.

“Hello, scouts,” she said. “I’m honored to announce your third charm challenge.”

Starlight twirled, and fairy dust filled the room.

A charm appeared out of thin air. It was shaped like a tiny cupcake.

“To earn your third charm, you must bake your own unique dessert,” Starlight said. “The dessert should express something about your fairy self.”

“Sweet!” Bloom said, rubbing his tummy.

Then Starlight’s eyes twinkled as she asked, “Before you start your challenge, would any of you like to taste an example?”

“Yes!” the scouts shouted. Fairies never said no to sweets!

Starlight spun around, as graceful as a swan. Rose petals and fairy dust whirled around her.

Then, POOF!

Trays of bright pink tarts appeared on the cafeteria tables. The scent of rose and sugar filled the air.

“Back when I was a scout, I earned my third charm with these Twinkling Rosewater Tarts,” Starlight told them. “They were even featured in Fairy Food magazine.”

The scouts rushed over to the tarts. Each one was topped with a real rosebud!

Jewel took the first bite.

The tart tasted perfectly sweet, smooth, and bright. It was like a rose garden blooming in her mouth.

“Mmm. The crust is so bumbly crumbly!” said Bloom.

“It’s a very FAIRY treat,” Rain said. “Not really my style.”

“Rain, your yuck is my yum!” Flutterfly chimed in. “I’ll save you from that tart!”

Rain laughed and handed over the rest of her tart. Flutterfly gobbled it all up.

Then the four scoutmates rushed over to the drinks table.

Jewel picked up a pitcher that was the color of sunshine. There were slices of lemon and dark green herbs floating inside.

The fairies read the label aloud: “Rosemary Lemonade.”

Jewel poured a glass and took a sip. The drink was sweet with a fresh, tangy kick.

“This is so tasty!” she marveled. Bloom, Flutterfly, and even Rain agreed.

Jewel opened her notebook and wrote down her new favorite drink: rosemary lemonade

Just then Starlight came by and gave Jewel a hug.

“Your tarts are perfect, as always!” Jewel gushed.

“Well, they are perfectly me,” said Starlight. “And your dessert will be perfectly you!”

“Speaking of perfect,” Jewel said, “try this. It’s my new favorite drink!”

She held out the rosemary lemonade. But Starlight wrinkled her nose.

“Sorry, I don’t like rosemary,” she said. “I do go bananas over banana milk, though.”

Starlight poured herself a glass of banana milk. She let Jewel have a sip too.

Jewel thought it tasted just okay. Still, she said, “Yum! You’re right. Banana milk is much better!”

Jewel quickly poured banana milk into her own glass, even though it still had some rosemary lemonade left in it. Then she gulped it all down.

Yuck. The two different drinks did not go together at all.

But Jewel fixed the note in her notebook anyway.

CHAPTER 3 Dessert Decisions

Jewel wished Starlight could stick around all day. But she knew that famous fairies had very busy schedules.

“Let’s all give a round of applause to our special guest, Starlight Rose,” Ms. Dazzle said.

The scouts clapped their hands and flapped their wings.

“It was a sweet treat to meet you all,” Starlight said. “Good luck earning your third charm!”

With that, she flew back through the windows, with rose petals trailing behind her.

Now it was time for the Fairy Scouts to begin their charm challenge. The first step was to choose a dessert to bake.

Jewel and her scoutmates took off into the sky. They didn’t fly far before Flutterfly pointed to a strawberry field up ahead.

“Ooh! I LOVE strawberries. I can make a strawberry shortcake!” she said. “Or should I make a sundae that matches the color of my favorite sunset?”

Flutterfly tapped her chin, deep in thought.

Then she continued, “Maybe I’ll bake ALL the desserts to show that I love ALL of Charmwood!”

Bloom giggled and replied, “You will be baking forever!”

“I’m going to make Mud Brownies,” Rain declared. She zoomed down to a creek and plunged her feet right into the muddy bank. “I’ll even make them with real mud!”

Jewel gasped in horror. But Rain just laughed.

“I’m joking!” she said.

Meanwhile, Bloom beelined toward the woods and disappeared.

Bloom was always wandering off after an insect or a critter. Jewel was used it by now.

While Rain splashed in the mud, Jewel and Flutterfly moved on to a field of wildflowers.

Flutterfly stopped in front of a milkweed flower with bright petals. Caterpillars nibbled on the green leaves.

Flutterfly’s antennae began to wiggle.

“That’s it! I’ll make Magical Milkweed Bread!” she decided. “After all, milkweed is a big part of being Flutterfly!”

“That’s perfect!” Jewel agreed. She thought about the puffy milkweed pillows Flutterfly had made for their clubhouse.

Then Bloom popped out between the wildflowers. He was dripping with honey from head to toe. A bumblebee friend circled around his head.

“I’m making Honeybee Buns!” he exclaimed. “The bees let me borrow their buzz-a-licious honey!”

Now Rain, Flutterly, and Bloom had chosen their recipes. They all looked at Jewel.

“Oh, I already know what I’m baking,” Jewel said. She flipped to a page in her notebook. “I’ll follow the recipe for Twinkling Rosewater Tarts!”

“But isn’t that Starlight’s recipe?” Rain said. “The dessert is supposed to say something about YOU.”

“The tarts say the most important thing about me,” Jewel replied. “That I’m Starlight Rose’s sister. And I’m going to be just like her!”

She hugged the notebook to her chest.

She couldn’t wait to earn her third charm. Then she would be one step closer to shining as bright as Starlight!

CHAPTER 4 Everything Is Shaking Up Roses

Now that they had chosen their desserts, the four scouts flew home.

The clubhouse was as lively and as cheerful as always. Bloom’s bug hotel was buzzing. Rain’s mud pit was glooping. And Flutterfly’s milkweed garden was blooming.

Jewel flew straight to her rosebushes. They would be the most important ingredient for her dessert.

She looked closely at each flower and carefully plucked the brightest ones with the biggest, roundest petals. That was exactly what Starlight’s recipe said to do.

“How do you bake roses into tarts?” Flutterfly asked.

“I have to make rosewater from the petals first,” Jewel answered. She checked her notebook again. “The recipe says to mix them with water from Bubbly Springs.”

“I LOVE Bubbly Springs!” said Flutterfly.

So Jewel and Flutterfly took an empty jar from the clubhouse kitchen and flew off.

Bubbly Springs was just a short flutter away. The two fairies landed in a rocky area.

Between the rocks, a fountain gushed up into the air. Around the fountain was a pool of water, and it was always nice and warm.

Jewel measured out one cup of rose petals and put them in her jar. Then she added two cups of warm spring water. She closed the lid tight and gave the jar three Serious Starlight Shakes.

Shake, shake, shake!

“Ooh, that looks fun! Can I try?” Flutterfly asked. She reached out for the jar.

Jewel started to hand it over, but then she remembered the recipe.

“Sorry.” She shook her head. “The recipe says three shakes only.”

Instead, she let Flutterfly smell the rosewater first.

It had only a faint smell so far. But the recipe promised it would get stronger overnight.

On the way back to the clubhouse, Jewel caught another scent on the breeze. It was bright and refreshing, just like the rosemary lemonade from earlier today.

Sure enough, they found a rosemary shrub right nearby.

Jewel ran her fingers through the leaves. They were soft with little pokey tips that tickled her palms.

Jewel took a deep breath and let out a happy sigh. “Ahhh.”

“Why don’t you add rosemary to your tarts?” Flutterfly suggested. “Since you love it so much!”

Jewel thought about it. But then she remembered the yucky mix of rosemary lemonade and banana milk.

“Thanks for the idea,” she said. “But my sister would never add rosemary.”

Jewel flew off, leaving the lovely scent of rosemary behind.

If rosemary didn’t have a place in Starlight’s tarts, it didn’t have a place in Jewel’s tarts either.

CHAPTER 5 A Fairy-licious Start

The next morning, the Fairy Scouts gathered in the tree house cafeteria kitchen.

In just a few days, they would be presenting their desserts at a big picnic. That was also when Ms. Dazzle would be handing out charms.

Each practice day was very important!

Jewel tied her apron with a neat bow. Rain, on the other hand, refused to even put one on.

“I’d rather get messy,” she said.

“Now,” Ms. Dazzle said, “spread your wings, open your hearts, and…”

“BAKE!” the scouts cried out together.

Jewel opened her notebook before doing anything else. Right next to her, Rain squeezed a whole bag of flour over a bowl.

POP! The bag burst open like a balloon and covered Rain from head to toe.

“KERPLOW!” Rain shouted with glee.

Bloom was having fun too. He held out a spoonful of his Honeybee Bun icing to his bumblebee friend.

“How does that taste?” he asked.

The bee did a little zigzag dance.

“Good idea,” Bloom replied. “I’ll add more honey!”

Jewel tried the icing, too. Yum!

Now it was time to focus. Jewel formed her dough into tart shapes.

Next, she moved on to the rosewater filling. The rosewater in the jar had transformed into a deeper pink overnight. The floral scent was stronger too.

Jewel put exactly six teaspoons into a bowl. Then she added three cupfuls of cream and stirred.

“Don’t forget the not-so-secret ingredients,” Ms. Dazzle reminded them. “A pinch of fairy dust… and a lot of your fairy selves!”

Ms. Dazzle said the magical fairy dust could be added at any time. Luckily, Jewel didn’t have to do any guesswork. Starlight had written it right into the recipe.

Jewel took a pinch of fairy dust from her pouch and closed her eyes.

“Flavor this tart with the brightness of Starlight!” she whispered.

After she mixed in the fairy dust, she poured the filling into the tarts and added rosebuds on top.

Meanwhile, Flutterfly was tossing handfuls of flour and sugar into her bowl. Milkweed petals flew everywhere.

Jewel gave her some measuring cups.

“Use these,&quot; she said. &quot;Baking is an exact science.”

“Not if you bake the Flutterfly way!” Flutterfly replied. She plunked another glob of butter into her mixture.

But Jewel loved how baking was so precise. If you followed the rules and the recipe, everything was supposed to turn out exactly as planned.

Once all the scouts had finished preparing their desserts, Ms. Dazzle spread her arms wide.

A stream of fairy dust lifted everyone’s desserts into the air. The oven door swung open, and the trays magically floated inside.

“Flying desserts!” Bloom called out. “Wonder-wormful!”

Now all they had to do was wait for the desserts to bake.

Jewel’s heart ticked to the beat of the timer.

With each tick, she was closer to earning her third charm!

CHAPTER 6 Baking Is Hard

Tick, tick, tick.

Tick, tock, tick.

Jewel sighed.

Waiting for the desserts to bake was as dull as watching a snail climb a tree.

That is, unless you were Bloom. Bloom stared out the window, watching an actual snail climb up a tree. And he was enjoying every slimy minute of it.

Finally… ding! The oven timer went off.

Jewel rushed over to her freshly baked tarts.

Instead of a glittering gold, the crusts were a bland beige. Instead of a sunset pink, the filling looked like chewed bubble gum. Worst of all, the rosebuds on top were burned to a crisp.

What had gone wrong?

Jewel brought one of her tarts to her nose. It smelled a bit sickly sweet.

She took a bite. It tasted… so-so.

Jewel grabbed her notebook and reread the recipe for the hundredth time.

“What did I miss?” she wailed.

“It’s okay, Jewel,” Bloom said. “At least you got to taste your tarts!”

He pointed toward the window. A line of bumblebees was zooming off with his tray of Honeybee Buns.

“Plus,” Rain added, “you’re not the only one with a dessert disaster!”

She pointed to her mud brownies. They had overbaked into a pile of dry chocolate dirt.

“But now, take a look at this.” Rain plunked some gummy worms onto the brownies. “Ta-da! Now they look EVEN MORE like mud!”

That didn’t make Jewel feel any better, though. A few gummy worms were not going to fix HER tarts.

Then she heard a strange noise.

Thunk, thunk, thunk!

Flutterfly was thwacking her bread pan against her hand like a tambourine.

“It’s stuck in the pan!” she cried.

Jewel, Rain, and Bloom rushed over. They grabbed the edges of the pan and slammed it on the counter together.

The bread flew out of the pan and hit the ceiling. BONK!

It hit the floor. BONK!

Then it bounced out the window and disappeared completely!

The scouts flew out after the bread. It was so burnt and hard, you could barely even tell it was food.

“Oh, Flutterfly,” said Jewel. “I’m sorry.”

But Flutterfly shrugged and smiled.

“Well, we can’t eat my bread,” she said. “But on the bright side, we can play kickbread instead!”

Thwack! She kicked the loaf up high.

“Woohoo!” Bloom and Rain dashed after it.

But Jewel just stood there. Because she knew that Starlight would never play with food. She would just keep practicing until her tarts were perfect.

BONK! The burnt hunk of bread landed at Jewel’s feet.

“Jewel, over here!” Rain called.

“Go for it!” Bloom said.

One game won’t hurt my chances of getting a charm, Jewel thought. Right?

After all, she still had more practice days.

And so Jewel smiled and gave the bread her mightiest kick.

Thwack!

CHAPTER 7 Roses Are Red, Jewel Is Blue

The next few days were a big baking blur.

The scouts practiced their desserts all day. They measured and mixed. And tasted, of course.

Everyone had flour in their hair and sugar on their wings.

All the practice was paying off. Rain figured out how to get her crumbly brownies to stick together. Now each bite was like a gooey chocolate mudslide.

Bloom finally got to taste his Honeybee Buns before the bees did. And they were bee-licious!

Flutterfly used measuring cups for her dough. Her burnt loaf transformed into soft, fluffy Magical Milkweed Bread.

(When it came to decorating, though, the measuring cups still went out the window.)

But no matter how much Jewel practiced, her tarts still weren’t quite right. In fact, the more she tried, the worse they got.

The first batch was bland. The second batch tasted like a perfume explosion. The third batch burst in the oven, and the rosewater filling oozed everywhere.

What was she doing wrong?

“Look on the bright side,” Flutterfly said after each practice. “You still have time to try again.”

But even that wasn’t true anymore. The picnic was now a day away.

How could Jewel earn her charm if her tarts weren’t exactly like Starlight’s?

Jewel zoomed back to the clubhouse to pick more roses. But the only ones left on her rosebushes were too small or lopsided.

Jewel slumped to the ground like a wilted leaf and moaned, “None of these are Starlight roses.”

Rain, Flutterfly, and Bloom joined.

Bloom spoke up first.

“What if you made something else besides the tarts?” he said. “You don’t have to make the same thing as your sister. The dessert just has to say something about you.”

Could Bloom be right? Should she really make a totally new and different dessert?

Jewel opened her notebook to a blank page and wrote: Jewel’s Dessert

But nothing else came to mind.

What could she, Jewel Rose, possibly bake? And how could she make it as good as Starlight’s famous Twinkling Rosewater Tarts?

CHAPTER 8 Stop and Smell the Rosemary

Jewel stared at the blank page.

She had followed Starlight’s fairy-dusted path forever. She didn’t even know where to begin.

So she turned to her friends and asked, “How did you make your desserts so, you know, YOU?”

“Easy,” Rain answered. “Just think about what you love!”

She led them all to her mud pit in the garden.

“I love storms and worms,” said Rain. “So I made my mud brownies messy like me.”

Bloom flew in circles around the bug hotels.

“My Honeybee Buns show that bees are my best friends,” said Bloom. “Well, so are the frogs. And ladybugs. And of course, all of you!”

“And you already know how much I love milkweed,” Flutterfly said to Jewel.

“Plus, her kickbread shows how she always makes the best of a hard day,” Rain added.

They all giggled, remembering their kickbread game.

Jewel looked down at her blank page again.

All her scoutmates had desserts that showed who they were. But what was there to say about HER fairy self?

“Never mind,” Jewel decided. “I will just stick to Starlight’s rosewater tarts.”

Bloom sighed. Flutterfly’s antennae drooped in disappointment.

“Fine,” Rain said. “If that’s what you want.”

“It IS what I want,” Jewel replied with a huff.

But deep down, she wasn’t so sure.

Jewel clutched her notebook and flew off to find more roses.

No matter where she went, though, she couldn’t find the sweet scent of rose. Where had they all gone?

Instead, her nose led her to a different scent entirely. It was the rosemary shrub again!

Jewel plucked a sprig and nibbled on it. It tasted bright, powerful, and a bit bitter.

Rosemary wasn’t sweet or floral like rosewater. But Jewel was surprised how much she liked the spicy kick.

Just then Flutterfly landed on the ground next to Jewel.

“I came to help make rosewater again,” Flutterfly said.

“I was thinking,” Jewel said, “maybe I could try a different kind of Rose dessert.”

“One THOUSAND percent yes!” Flutterfly squealed.

“I just don’t know if I can do it all by tomorrow,” Jewel said. “Making a brand-new dessert will be a lot of work.”

Flutterfly wagged her finger. Then she replied, “That’s what your scoutmates are for!”

CHAPTER 9 A Dash of Friendship

Every day was picnic-perfect in Charmwood. But today the sun felt extra warm, the breeze extra fresh, and the grass extra soft.

“If only it would drizzle,” Rain said. “That would be my picnic-perfect kind of weather.”

For once, Jewel agreed. If it had rained, maybe Ms. Dazzle would have postponed the picnic. And then Jewel could have had an extra day to practice her new dessert.

Instead, she only had one chance to get it right.

Inside the tree house kitchen, Jewel tied her apron and reached for her notebook.

But then she stopped. There were no notes from Starlight for the dessert she was about to make: a Rosemary Lemon Cake, inspired by the rosemary lemonade she loved so much!

Jewel took a deep breath and said, “I guess I’m going to have to wing it.”

Jewel made up the recipe as she went. But she never forgot to bake from her heart.

Even after her cake made it into the oven, though, she still had a mountain of lemons to squeeze for the icing.

That’s when Flutterfly, Rain, and Bloom appeared by her side.

“When your scoutmate has a lot of lemons…,” Rain began.

“You help her make lemonade!” Flutterfly finished.

“Ready, set, SQUEEZE!” Bloom said.

With the scouts working together, the lemons were squeezed in no time.

Then they all took turns shaking the jar of lemon rosemary syrup. They gave it way more than three Serious Starlight Shakes.

“The more shakes, the merrier!” Jewel said.

Once her cake came out of the oven, Jewel soaked it with the syrup and frosted it with lemon icing. Then she sprinkled specks of rosemary all over the top.

“Ahhh.” Jewel breathed in the fresh, tangy, and sweet scent.

Now for the last ingredient. Fairy dust!

Jewel took a pinch of magic from her pouch. Then she sprinkled it all over her cake.

“I hope everyone who eats this will stay true to their fairy selves,” she whispered.

Then she took a step back and looked at her cake.

The icing was neat and smooth. The rosemary sprigs were straight and centered.

She had never felt prouder!

Jewel and her scoutmates each carried their desserts outside. They filled the giant picnic table with all kinds of berry pies, glittery cupcakes, and dainty macarons.

Ms. Dazzle clapped her hands together.

“I can’t wait to be dazzled by your desserts!” she said.

One by one, the scouts brought their desserts up to Ms. Dazzle for tasting.

Jewel beamed as Flutterfly, Rain, and Bloom received their charms one by one.

But before Jewel could bring up her own cake, a whirl of rose petals fluttered onto the picnic blanket.

“Good day, scouts!” Starlight said. “I’m here to help give out the third charms!”

All the scouts cheered, except Jewel.

Oh no! she thought.

Surely her sister wouldn’t give out a charm for a dessert she didn’t like. And Jewel’s cake was full of rosemary!

CHAPTER 10 A Jewel of a Recipe

Jewel’s heart sank. But it was too late to do anything now.

She brought her cake up and placed it on the table in front of Starlight and Ms. Dazzle.

“This is my Rosemary Lemon Cake,” she said.

“I’ve never seen anything like it!” Ms. Dazzle said.

“It’s certainly sounds different,” said Starlight, eyeing the rosemary.

Ms. Dazzle swirled some fairy dust. Two slices slid out of the cake and floated onto two waiting plates. Two forks dropped into Ms. Dazzle&apos;s and Starlight’s hands.

“What does this cake tell us about you?” Ms. Dazzle asked.

“Um.” Jewel gulped. “Well, I like sweet treats, just like my sister.”

Starlight gave a bright smile.

Out of the corner of her eye, Jewel saw her friends cheering her on. She stood up taller and continued.

“That’s not all that I like, though,” she said. “I like tart lemons and a little kick of rosemary, too. I’m proud to be a Rose sister. And to be my own kind of Rose, too.”

Ms. Dazzle smiled and nodded. But Jewel was too nervous to look at Starlight’s face.

Ms. Dazzle and Starlight each took a forkful of cake.

Jewel’s heart pounded. What would they think?

After the first bite, Starlight took a sip of banana milk.

Jewel’s confidence crumbled. Her sister thought her cake tasted so terrible that she had to WASH it out of her mouth!

But after she put down the glass, Starlight beamed. She tossed a charm up high into the air.

Everyone watched the charm spin until, POOF! It burst into a glittering cloud.

Jewel’s pouch opened up on its own, and the brand-new fairy dust streamed in.

“Congratulations, Jewel!” cheered Ms. Dazzle. “You have earned your third charm!”

Jewel felt so proud and confused at the same time. She didn’t know which one to feel more!

When all the charms were given out, it was finally time to eat.

The fairies raced to try one another’s desserts. But first Jewel flew over to Starlight.

“Why did you give me my charm when you don’t like rosemary?” Jewel asked. “Was it because I’m your sister?”

“Of course not!” Starlight said. “Rosemary isn’t my taste, but it’s your taste. That’s what makes your cake truly one-of-a-kind. Just like you!”

Jewel hugged her sister. She’d aways been so busy admiring Starlight. She never knew her sister thought she was special too.

Then Bloom, Flutterfly, and Rain zoomed over. Their plates were piled high with treats.

“We brought a sampler platter!” Bloom said.

Everyone reached for a piece of Jewel’s cake first.

Rain smacked her lips.

“Finally, something with spice!” she said. “It’s still more fairy and sweet than I usually like. But I dig it because it’s so YOU.”

Jewel threw her arms around her friends.

“You are all FAIRY sweet for helping me,” she said. “You BAKE me so happy!”

Then they all dined on desserts until not a fairy-licious crumb was left.

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In Full Bloom

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Hannah Fay

Hum, chirp, buzz. Hum, chirp, buzz.

Bloom Feathers was lying on the grass and listening to the sounds of Charmwood. The bees, grasshoppers, and cicadas were music to his ears.

“Good morning, bugs!” he called out.

The ants carried off the crumbs of cinnamon toast he had brought them from breakfast.

Lift, pass, march. Lift, pass, march. They made working as a team look so easy!

“Buzz, buzz, BUZZZZZ!” A bumblebee zigzagged in front of Bloom.

“I agree!” Bloom said. “It’s a BEE-utiful day for a game. Let’s play rock-pepper-slivers.”

Most fairies thought it was impossible to talk with the bugs and other critters living in Charmwood. But Bloom always stopped to chat and play. Maybe they didn’t all speak the same language. But you just had to look, listen, and BEE-lieve.

Bloom gathered some rocks, small peppers, and tree bark for the game. Then he realized that another bug had joined them.

“Bug-tastic!” he cried in surprise. It was a ladybug!

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About the Author and Illustrator

HANNAH FAY lives right next door to fairies! Well, they live in her backyard, inside the many fairy houses that she built for them. When she’s not writing books for children, Hannah loves spending time tending to her garden full of mushrooms and milkweed.

MAG TAKAC has illustrated over a dozen books published in Europe. When she’s not busy drawing, Mag can be found taking care of her garden, baking croissants, and playing music. She lives with her grumpy cats, noisy dogs, tiny humans, and loving husband.

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Book design by Hannah Frece

Jacket illustration by Mag Takac © 2026 by Simon & Schuster, LLC

Jacket design by Hannah Frece

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Fay, Hannah (Children’s author) author | Takáčová, Magdalena illustrator

Title: One-of-a-kind jewel / by Hannah Fay ; illustrated by Mag Takac.

Description: First Little Simon paperback edition. | New York : Little Simon, 2026. | Series: Fairy Scout friends ; 3 | Audience: Ages 5–9 | Audience: Grades K–1 | Summary: Convinced she must follow her older sister’s example in order to succeed, Jewel struggles to express her individuality in a Fairy Scouts baking challenge. Identifiers: LCCN 2025055111 (print) | LCCN 2025055112 (ebook) | ISBN 9798347108343 paperback | ISBN 9798347108350 hardcover | ISBN 9798347108367 ebook Subjects: CYAC: Individuality | Sisters | Fairies | Scouting (Youth activity) | LCGFT: Fiction Classification: LCC PZ7.1.F389 On 2026 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.F389 (ebook)

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025055111

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025055112

Table of Contents

- Title Page
- Chapter 1: A Sweet Surprise
- Chapter 2: Starlight, Star Bright
- Chapter 3: Dessert Decisions
- Chapter 4: Everything Is Shaking Up Roses
- Chapter 5: A Fairy-licious Start
- Chapter 6: Baking Is Hard
- Chapter 7: Roses Are Red, Jewel Is Blue
- Chapter 8: Stop and Smell the Rosemary
- Chapter 9: A Dash of Friendship
- Chapter 10: A Jewel of a Recipe
- ‘In Full Bloom’ Teaser
- About the Author and Illustrator
- Copyright