false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604309m/6695.jpg 6695 5 "'This is going to be a bit of a shock to you, I'm afraid,' he said." With those words, Patrick Maloney seals his fate. He has no idea that his mousy wife, Mary, isn't about to take his abandonment of their marriage lightly. He never sees the frozen leg of lamb that hits him squarely in the noggin. And he'll never know how tidily Mary cleans up the evidence--by having the local police dine on the murder weapon! The late Roald Dahl, best known for children's novels such as <I>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</I>, also wrote many wonderfully wicked short stories, like the aforementioned "Lamb to the Slaughter," collected in <i>Skin</i>, a succinct, darkly humorous anthology for teen readers. Besides the murderous Mary Maloney, a host of other odd characters will leave teens gasping with surprise or chuckling with guilty laughter. In "The Surgeon," Dr. Robert Sandy is given a priceless diamond in exchange for saving a life, promptly loses it, then recovers it again from the strangest of places. "An African Story" chronicles a lonely mountain hermit's bid for revenge that involves a deadly black mamba snake, and "The Sound Machine" describes how a wacky inventor nearly drives himself mad when he creates a contraption that allows him to pick up noises outside the human range of hearing. There is something for the naughty side of everyone in this <I>Twilight Zone</I>-ish compilation, a recommended read for fans of Dahl's other teen short-story collection, <I>The Umbrella Man</I>. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 188349 2000 Skin and Other Stories total:725|5:261|4:278|3:142|2:38|1:6| 725 2925 980 67 0 0 false false Thu Jan 08 06:54:47 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 06:54:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 05:15:20 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 05:15:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 08:45:45 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 09:02:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 1908 Fri Aug 08 13:44:06 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 13:46:12 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 11:57:18 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 21:32:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 07:05:16 -0800 2008 Thu May 29 06:10:33 -0700 2008
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