About this title: 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..
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781406316018ISBN:1406316016
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781406316018ISBN:1406316016
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WALKER BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781406316018ISBN:1406316016
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 304 pages. When ten-year-old dinah and her two siblings are trapped by a terrible storm, cousin gage keeps their spirits up with an unlikely story-tooth fairies live in warring colonies right in your neighbourhood. dinah is sceptical at first, but when the real world seems unbearable, stories told by candlelight have a way of coming true. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780763641474ISBN:0763641472
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780763641474ISBN:0763641472
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780763641474ISBN:0763641472
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. Hard cover in good condition, dust jacket is in good condition. The book has a bow, there is some edge rubbing, the pages are clean, [Satisfaction guaranteed! ]. read more
Description: Very Good. 0763643076 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
"Hands down the most delightful book that Maguire has written in years, this book is a quick read (a fast reader might pull it off in a day- I took two) and a fun little piece of fantasy, somewhere on the border between young adult fiction and regular old adult fantasy. It's more original than most of Maguire's other books- there story is based on the Tooth Fairy legend, but has no real literary pre-text. In its best moments it recalls such young adult classics as THE RATS OF NIHM and THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH, with delightful characters, a few life lessons to be learned, and an ending that his both happy and sad, satisfying and yet still mysterious. Thoughtful, almost profound, a good vacation read for the thinking man looking to rest his or her brain without kicking out for the day, and also the kind of thing you could read smart kids over a summer break."
"It was a cute little story, with a "be yourself" type of message, which I always appreciate, but the telling was a bit odd. I didn't think the story within a story set-up worked all that well, nor was it really necessary. The two stories didn't really intertwine in a meaningful kind of way.
I was expecting something a little bit creepy from some of the praise-quotes on the back of the book, but those are totally misleading.
Anyway, cute story about the skiberdeen, not sure about the relevance or point of the framing story, and I never felt any real threat or tension from the storm or the missing parents thing. (And I was never entirely clear on what he was trying to say about the religious themes.) Oh, and the repetitious dialogue-pattern of the skiberdeen and the overly convenient coincindences was annoying.
Probably a good book for kids who need the whole 'be yourself' type lesson. Otherwise it's pretty meh."
"I really liked this book, and I would give it 5 stars, except that there's nothing higher than that to reserve for books that Change My Life. (I really wish i could give partial stars.) I have been a fan of Maguire's writing since I found a copy of Wicked 11+ years ago, and this is one of his better books. His writing style is very natural and fast-reading while being rich and descriptive, and this example doesn't disappoint. This novel contains a story within a story, a fairy tale told to calm the fears of an uncertain night, and both stories are compelling. Each transition brings some irritation at the interruption and also anticipation for the new thread, and I consider both feelings to be positive parts of the reader's experience. I think this book would make a good reading-out-loud novel."
"In WHAT THE DICKENS a terrible storm wipes out the power and everyone is told to evacuate their homes. One family decides not to evacuate. Just when the mother's insulin runs out, Gage (her cousin) shows up at the house and ends up taking care of the three children while the parents go out into the storm for medical supplies. During the storm, Gage tells the children a story of a rogue tooth fairy.
I'm not quite sure what I think of WHAT THE DICKENS just yet. The writing was good. The story was interesting. But.. It didn't go anywhere. From the back cover it seemed like the story of What The Dickens was going to tie into the storm. It implied there was a fairy war going on and the storm was happening because of that.. Now.. I didn't get that from reading the book. The book ended when the story ended. Nothing changed in real time. Not much changed in the story. The two didn't seem to tie in. I guess it could be that Maguire wanted us to make up our own ending, but why have this crazy storm that makes a whole town evacuate their houses and move into a shelter and not do anything with that? I don't get it. This story had a lot of potential, but I feel a bit let down."
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