My, My Elf & I, by Heather Swain (Speak, 2009)

Meet Zephyr Addler, the newest student at the Brooklyn Academy of Performing Arts. She’s tall, blonde, pretty, and an elf. Her family moved from their secret homeland in Michigan to New York so her father can further his musical career (he‘s hot on YouTube), but the sheltered Zephyr is in for some major culture shock. Can her new friends, Mercedes and Ari, keep her out of trouble, or will she run afoul of the school’s resident diva, Bella Dartagnan? Cue wacky hijinks and cultural misunderstandings as Zephyr learns the ins and outs of being a normal human teenager while keeping her true origins a secret even as she auditions for a spot in a commercial. A pleasant, frothy tale marked with sitcom-level antics, this successfully injects a touch of urban fantasy into the cutthroat world of performing arts schools.


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