Most Recommended Books

Track reading, wishlists & new-book alerts

Get
Skip to content
Share:

Pixie Tricks Books in Order

Part ofTracey West Books in Order

Explore Pixie Tricks by Tracey West in reading order, with summaries and background on Violet, Sprite and the escaped fairies causing trouble in the human world.

Last updated:

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases (at no extra cost to you).

Pixie Tricks books in publication order

Sort:

8 books

1

Sprite's Secret

by Tracey West

2000

Violet meets Sprite and becomes involved in stopping fairies who have escaped into the human world. Their first opponent, Pix, loves games so much that he can trap people into playing forever unless the pair outwit him.

2

The Angry Elf

by Tracey West

2000

Escaped fairies bring fresh trouble to Violet's town: Fixit breaks toys while Rusella interferes with messages. Violet and Sprite must outsmart both pranksters before their separate tricks leave everyone's belongings and communications in a lasting mess.

3

The Greedy Gremlin

by Tracey West

2000

A gremlin named Jolt traps Violet's cousin inside a video game. Violet and Sprite must counter his powerful magic with tricks of their own, turning a familiar pastime into a rescue mission against another escaped fairy.

4

The Halloween Goblin

by Tracey West

2000

A goblin haunts Violet's town while the pixie Buttercup gives everyone hiccups. Violet and Sprite face two troublemakers at once, trying to discover the tricks that will stop their pranks and send them back to the fairy world.

5

The Pet Store Sprite

by Tracey West

2000

A water sprite causes plumbing trouble and turns people into fish at the pet store. Violet, Sprite, and Leon must lure Aquamarina out of the water before her magical mischief claims more victims.

6

Double Trouble Dwarfs

by Tracey West

2001

Dwarfs Greenie and Meanie are kidnapping dogs, leaving Violet and Sprite with another fairy problem to solve. Following clues to the missing pets, they must discover a trick that can stop both troublemakers.

7

The Sporty Sprite

by Tracey West

2001

Violet's soccer team faces opponents with a magical advantage: the sprite Sport is helping them cheat. Violet and Sprite must find a way to counter the interference and give the players a fair chance.

8

The Wicked Wizard

by Tracey West

2001

An evil wizard named Finn runs for mayor and uses magic to influence the town. Violet, Sprite, and Leon must stop his campaign before an escaped fairy gains control over far more than a few pranks.

Series background & context

Pixie Tricks follows Violet, a girl whose ordinary surroundings become the hiding place for escaped fairies. Tracey West brings magic close to home through a portal in Violet’s backyard and a mission that requires more than simply spotting something unusual. Fourteen fairies have entered the human world, each with different abilities and ways of causing trouble. Violet works with Sprite, a fairy who knows the importance of outwitting them, and her cousin Leon. The continuing task gives the series a larger goal while each book introduces another immediate problem.

Sprite’s Secret begins with Violet discovering that the fairy world is much nearer than she expected. Her new companion helps her confront Pix, whose desire for everyone to keep having fun creates serious complications. The premise makes a familiar wish unexpectedly dangerous: play stops being harmless when it cannot be interrupted. Violet needs to understand how the fairy behaves and how to respond. The opening establishes a partnership between a child learning the rules and a magical helper who has knowledge she does not yet possess.

Knowing a fairy’s particular weakness can matter more than meeting mischief with force.

The Greedy Gremlin continues the search while showing how one task can be interrupted by another danger. Violet and Sprite pursue a weather-controlling fairy, but Leon’s disappearance into a video game creates an urgent complication. Later titles, including The Pet Store Sprite and The Halloween Goblin, bring the trouble into other recognizable parts of a child’s world. The setting therefore changes without requiring the characters to abandon ordinary life entirely. Shops, games and celebrations become places where an escaped fairy’s habits can cause an outsized disturbance.

The tone is children’s fantasy with puzzles, humor and a continuing rescue-and-capture mission. The escaped fairies are different enough that success cannot depend on repeating one response without thought. Violet and her companions have to pay attention to the particular problem before them. The series also exists in an original edition and a later illustrated refresh. The newer versions use updated text and different artwork, so a familiar title may look noticeably different depending on which edition a reader encounters. The underlying premise still centers on Violet and the escaped fairies.

Begin with Sprite’s Secret and follow the numbered sequence to preserve the developing mission. The original series continues through eight books, while the later refresh stops after book five. Readers seeking the remaining adventures can distinguish those original later volumes from the refreshed editions. That publication difference is useful to know when following the shared goal of dealing with all fourteen fairies rather than reading only isolated magical encounters.

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shape MRB and its growth.

Comments

Spotted a missing book, a wrong order or a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix this page.

We're a reading guide, not the author or publisher, so we can't send books or pass on messages.

Discover and track your reading on the go

Track your reading, manage wishlists, and get notified when new books are added.