A charming story - a family drama with a delicate touch of magic. Lucy Willow, lives in a train with her pet snail Ernest. Meanwhile the local celebrity footballer is getting married, and Mrs Sparks, Lucy's headmistress who also owns a garden centre, will stop at nothing to get the flowers contract for the wedding. When Lucy discovers she has tingly fingers around plants, things start to get rather difficult ...
This story has all the essential ingredients to encourage readers, family drama, conflict, friendship, and the aforementioned delicate touch of magic, in a gentler style than say Jacqueline Wilson, which makes this a shoe-in for 7-9yr old girls. ( )