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| View Larger Image | What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
by Gregory Maguire
| | List Price: | $15.99 | | Price: | $10.87 | | You Save: | $5.12 (32%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 21446 | | Studio: | Candlewick | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Reading Level: | Ages 9-12 | | Number Of Pages: | 304 | | Publication Date: | September 11, 2007 | | Publisher: | Candlewick |
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Product Description
From the author of the best-selling 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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 13 reviews)
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Not The Best 
I have very mixed feelings about this book. The story of the skibereen is delightful. I wish I had seen more about the various colonies and even leaned what happens to Pepper and What-The-Dickens after the book ends (I think that's where a good story would have really gotten going). But the whole framing story rubbed me the wrong way. First off, the ultra-religious homeschooling stereotype is annoying, and I think largely unnecessary. I also felt the frame alluding to larger twists than it provided. I really expected more of this book after reading Maguire's other novels.
June 27, 2008 | |
Ok but wouldn't recommend it 
It took me forever to read this book. I kept reading the book to see how it ended and to my horror it ended terribly. I wouldn't recommend this book although I haven't given up on the author yet.
June 09, 2008 | |
A real Let down 
I had high hopes for this book, looking so forward to reading it. It was hard to keep going when I picked it up. I just found it on the boring side, not much in the way of material that kept me thinking 'what will happen next'? I did push on through to the end and that was pretty much unsatisfying as well. What a shame...was a waste of my time and could be a waste of your time as well.
May 19, 2008 | |
Fun refreshing fairy tale that grown-up will love 
I really enjoyed this book. A really fun fairy tale that grown-ups can get into. This would also be a great choice for a bedtime story to read aloud to kids, maybe a chapter at a time.
January 19, 2008 | |
What-theDickens 
Maguire weaves another interesting tale. Though it is more a children's story, I still couldn't put it down.
December 18, 2007 | |
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