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The Wish Giver
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 130

The Wish Giver

A Newbery Honor Book that the New York Times called "an eerie delight," The Wish Giver is an engaging literary folk story about those who get what they wish for—whether they want it or not. The people of Coven Tree are no strangers to magic. In fact, the town's very name comes from a gnarled old tree where covens of witches used to gather. Even now, imps and fiends continue to appear, frightening the townsfolk with their devilish pranks. Usually these creatures are easy to spot. They have a particular smell, or sound, or way of moving, that betrays their dark nature. But Thaddeus Blinn showed none of these signs when he came to Coven Tree. He was just a funny little man who drifted into town with a strange tale about being able to give people whatever they wished—for only fifty cents. There was nothing scary about him. At least, not until the wishing began...

Wings by Bill Brittain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 44

Wings by Bill Brittain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Novel units provide teachers with new ways to teach reading, thinking, writing, and the love of literature.

Devil's Donkey
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 136

Devil's Donkey

Dan'l Pitt doesn't believe in magic until he comes up against Old Magda the witch.

Shape-changer
  • Language: en

Shape-changer

Two seventh-grade friends help a shape-changing policeman from the planet Rodinam as he tries to recapture an alien master criminal who can also change form. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

All the Money in the World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 150

All the Money in the World

When Quentin gets his wish for all the money in the world, he gets a pack of troubles too.

The Fantastic Freshman
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 164

The Fantastic Freshman

Miraculous luck from a magic charm grants fourteen-year-old Stanley his deepest desire, to be a VIP in his high school, but the exhausting and comical complications make his life miserable.

Murderous Schemes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 530

Murderous Schemes

An anthology of detective fiction with examples of its sub-genres, armchair detective, the locked room and so on. The first is represented by Agatha Christie's In Blue Geranium, where the detective solves a crime from a conversation, the second by The Leopold Locked Room, in which a policeman is found in a locked room with his wife killed by his gun, but he didn't do it.

Who Knew There'd Be Ghosts?
  • Language: en

Who Knew There'd Be Ghosts?

Three spunky youngsters join forces with two lively ghosts to save a historic mansion from being destroyed by a crooked antique dealer.

Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders
  • Language: en

Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders

In agreeing to make a deal with Dr. Dredd for the services of Bufu the Rainmaker, the drought-stricken town of Coven Tree enters into a devastating struggle with the forces of evil.

Hemi
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Hemi

The adventures of a mule who, after being sold to the army, decides to go back and find the farmhand who once befriended him.