Like a cross between Barbie and Harry Potter, the Italian-made cartoon series THE WINX CLUB infuses fashion and magic into a charmingly girl-powered chronicle of pre-teen life. The animated television series centers around Bloom, a seemingly normal 14-year-old girl who discovers she has magical powers and enrolls herself at the Alfea School for Fairies. Banding together with her new friends and fellow students Stella, Flora, Musa, and Tecna, Bloom forms the spunky WinX Club to fend off the black-magic machinations of their rivals at the Cloud Tower School for Witches--that is, when they`re not talking on the phone, dressing fashionably, or developing crushes on the boys at the Red Fountain School for Heroics and Bravery. Fun, stylish, and very girly, THE WINX CLUB is rendered in a colorful, cotton-candy style of animation perfectly suited to its breezy mix of teenage drama, romance, and magical action sequences. This introductory volume kicks off the series with the first four episodes.
