Books by Ian Rogers
Books by Ian Rogers
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Jessica Pierce is a modest, average 10-year-old who finds an injured tooth fairy in her little brother’s sock drawer and saves her. Jess is drawn into helping Amaryllis (known as Lis) to complete her delivery round and from there drawn deeper into fairy life; rescuing fairies who are in danger or trapped; confronting and becoming accepted by the fairy hierarchy and eventually being given her own puffer of fairy dust and trusted on solo missions.
In the course of her thrilling adventures Jess meets a shining, authoritative and powerful figure whom she nicknames ‘Mr Bright’. Her relationship with him develops through the series of books, as he guides and counsels her through problems with her parents and the difficulties of keeping the existence of fairies secret whilst using her fairy powers in the human world.
The ‘Pyjama Girl’ books are fantasies for children aged 8 – 11. Like the Narnia books they have some Christian content but are accessible to those of any faith or none.
Jessica Pierce was an ordinary girl until she rescued Amaryllis, a tooth fairy with an injured wing. Now Jess secretly leads an exciting life as a fairy helper. She is given a cybernetic flying pack by the Fairy Queen, and Amaryllis teaches her to fly.
Meanwhile, Jamie - the school bully, Sophie - Jess’s best friend, and the police (who have seen Jess out at night) are getting suspicious. Jess asks ‘Mr Bright’, her spiritual friend, for advice and support. Just before Christmas, Jess and Amaryllis fall out and separate. Can Jess follow Mr Bright’s advice, be honest with her parents, AND save the school nativity play from an attack by gremlins.
Jessica Pierce finds it increasingly difficult to separate her life as a fairy rescuer and her home life. Her parents are seriously worried. Her friend Amaryllis goes missing, and Jess is captured by the police when she sets out to rescue her.
Jessica Pierce (10) rescues tooth fairy Amaryllis (145) and becomes her companion and assistant, with some delegated fairy powers. Jess and Am are mismatched buddies: Jess is a slightly under-confident child of average intelligence who lacks physical prowess while Am is a bold, physically able character with some fairy (i.e. non-human) attitudes to life. Early chapters explore the tensions and humour this produces. Am, who is convalescent, takes Jess out at night and uses fairy dust to shrink her to fairy size so she can enter houses (e.g. through the letter box) to deliver coins in exchange for teeth.
Unknown to her parents Jess lives a secret life having a series of hair-raising adventures.
There are problems entering and leaving houses, children waking up, parents checking on their children, both playful and aggressive pets and, while Jess is fairy-sized, spiders the size of dogs. Occasionally Jess and Am are called on over the fairy flower-net to assist other fairies who are in trouble. Jess can solve rescue issues by swapping from fairy-size to human-size and back again.
Jess cycles to more distant houses and is intercepted by traffic police suspicious of a 12-year-old out at night. Am, who is hiding in Jess’s backpack, temporarily shrinks the policemen, car and all - but the policemen don’t forget and keep watch for Jess.
As Jess grows in confidence and maturity she does better at school, particularly in PE and games. She secretly uses her fairy powers at school to stop a bully’s behaviour and to stop a younger boy being unfairly punished by a teacher. Her best friend Sophie starts to suspect a change in Jess’s life after these mysterious events. Am is cross because fairy law says fairies must not be seen by humans so Jess’s unauthorised daytime activities are putting them both at risk. Both are terrified when summoned to the fairy castle, expecting a telling off and possible punishment but Jess’s daytime activities haven’t reached the ears of the Fairy King. They are actually rewarded for their good night-time work and he confirms their roles as fairy mentor and fairy helper.
Sophie contacts Jess in desperation one evening because a pet sheep belonging to her special needs younger brother has accidentally been taken for slaughter with other sheep from the farm. Jess persuades Am to help her so they risk a dangerous trip to the slaughterhouse where they are seen and trapped. After escaping and rescuing the sheep Jess’s dad turns up at the farm looking for Jess and a half-truthful story is created that he only partly believes. Jess and Am are also called back to the fairy castle (they assume for a reprimand for non-fairy work) and are once again scared they will be punished. However, the Fairy King (who was inept) has been replaced by a Fairy Queen who is Am’s friend and Am and Jess are further rewarded by the Queen - and Jess is rewarded with more fairy powers of her own.
This is the first book of a trilogy.