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Title: The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain, Andrew Glass ISBN: 0-06-440168-5 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 18 April, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (60 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Watch the way you wish!
Comment: The Wish Giver, a story told by a character, Stew Meat, broken up into three tales, a prologue, and an epilogue, is fantastic! Written by Bill Brittain and illustrated by Andrew Glass. The book starts off with the prologue; "The Strange Little Man", where Stew starts off with the first wild adventure. Stew Meat stumbles across a mildew covered tent that says: THADEUS BLINN, I CAN GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR... ONLY .50 cents. Curiously, Stew casually walk into the tent, looking at the bench and spotting Polly Kemp; a fresh mouthed little girl with braided pig-tails, next to Polly sat Rowena Jervis; a fifteen, love-struck, young lady, and a good distance apart from her sat Adam Fiske; a young man that pretty much keeps to himself. When Stew sat down, Thaddeus Blinn told them "I can give you each one wish, but think about how to say it and what to say, for your wish will be granted exactly as it is said." After paying their fifty cents, Thaddeus gives them each a white rectangular card with a red spot on it. Off went Thaddeus Blinn, with his mildew covered tent and $2.00, never to be seen in Coven Tree again.
It would take too long for me to tell all of the tales, what with all of the great language, so I'll tell my favorite one; "Jug-a-rum". This tale is about Polly Kemp. Sometimes her mouth gets the best of her and gets her into trouble! Luckily, her best friends, Leland and Lenora Wickstaff are there to help her out this time. Polly only has 2 friends, the Wickstaff twins. Her wish, obviously, contained having attention and more friends. Well, Polly gets her wish, but not the way she wanted it to happen. To give you a hint on what happens, she likes frogs and other critters in that category. Also, don't forget that the name of this tale is "Jug-a-rum". I got so into the book, that I felt like I was there with Polly, Rowena, and Adam
during their adventures.
Think that the author's message is that you should whatch what you wish for and how you say. I loved this book and I know that you would, and hopefully will too!
Rating: 5
Summary: I really enjoyed this book!
Comment: The book The Wish Giver was very exciting because there were 3-5 main events, and they were all pretty crazy. It was kind-of mysterious because you could never make a reasonable prediction unless you really thought about your clues and what was going on in the story. This story had alot of suspense also. A brief summary is: There was a church social oneday. Alot of Coven Tree's townspeople went. Stew Meat, Polly Kemp, Rowena Jervis, and Adam Fiske went to Thaddeus Blinn's {the Wish Giver's} tent and bought a card with a red dot on it for $0.50 per card. They each got one card. When they wanted to make their wish, they put their thumb on the red dot and said their wish out loud. After reading this wonderful book, you will probably learn this lesson : be careful what you wish for.
Rating: 4
Summary: Awesome, creative book
Comment: I read this book when I was in Elementary school and its still one of my favorites to this day. It's creative, funny and teaches a very valuable lesson - Be careful what you wish for.
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Title: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry ISBN: 0440227534 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 09 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders by Bill Brittain, Andrew Glass ISBN: 0064402894 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 24 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Devil's Donkey by Bill Brittain, Andrew Glass ISBN: 0064401294 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0316809063 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer ISBN: 0440466334 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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