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What-the-Dickens, the story of a rogue tooth fairy, Gregory Maguire

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What-the-Dickens, the story of a rogue tooth fairy, Gregory Maguire

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

What-the-Dickens

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Gregory Maguire

Sub title

the story of a rogue tooth fairy

Summary

A terrible storm is raging, and 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 working as an Agent of Change - trading coins for teeth - and learns of a dutiful tribe of tooth fairies to which he hopes to belong. As his tale unfolds, however, both What-the-Dickens and Dinah come to see that the world is both richer and far less sure than they ever imagined

Target audience

juvenile

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