| What-The-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Contributor(s): Maguire, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763641472 ISBN-13: 9780763641474 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: From the bestselling author of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" comes a tale-within-a-tale about the strange world of the "skibbereen" (also known as tooth fairies) and the universal need to believe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Dystopian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 7.6" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 119114 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New York Times Bestseller From the best-selling author of Wicked, a transporting tale-within-a-tale about the strange world of skibbereen -- aka tooth fairies -- and the universal need to believe. A terrible storm is raging, and ten-year-old Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, sister, and cousin Gage, who is telling a very unusual tale. It's the story of What-the-Dickens, a newly hatched orphan creature who finds he has an attraction to teeth, a crush on a cat named McCavity, and a penchant for getting into trouble. One day he happens upon a feisty girl skibberee who is working as an Agent of Change -- trading coins for teeth -- and learns that there is a dutiful tribe of skibbereen (call them tooth fairies) to which he hopes to belong. As his tale of discovery unfolds, however, both What-the- Dickens and Dinah come to see that the world is both richer and less sure than they ever imagined. |