Ruby The Red Fairy
Ruby the Red Fairy is the first book in the Rainbow Magic series. In this book, Rachel and Kirsty meet each other on a boat ride to Rainspell Island and find Ruby in a pot at the end of a rainbow. They find out that something terrible has happened. Ruby tells them before she flutters them off to meet the fairy king and queen.
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