What-The-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780763641474)

A New York Times Bestseller From the best-selling author of 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.

Author: Gregory Maguire
ISBN-10: 0763641472
ISBN-13: 9780763641474
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 295
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.60h x 6.10w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 119114 / What-The-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy

About the Author
Gregory Maguire is the author of the incredibly popular books in the Wicked Years series, including Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which inspired the musical. He is also the author of several books for children, including What-the-Dickens, a New York Times bestseller. Gregory Maguire lives outside Boston.