false 350500 8 <b>From the author of the best-selling WICKED, a transporting tale-within-a-tale about the strange world of skibbereen &#8212; aka tooth fairies &#8212; and the universal need to believe.</b><br><br>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&#8217;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 &#8212; trading coins for teeth &#8212; 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. 3281708 11 9 2007 What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy total:1046|5:127|4:308|3:373|2:178|1:60| 1046 3402 2849 265 3 5 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 28 16:20:20 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 16:21:12 -0700 2008
First, let me reacknowledge that Maguire is not for everyone. This book continues that trend.

The overall concept sounds fairly airy and fun but at its heart, it's a ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 07:35:57 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 20:16:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 21 22:27:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 00:42:50 -0700 2009 Wicked, but found that Son of a Witch and Mirror, Mirror were such incredibly horrifying flops that I did not wish to ever lay hands on one of his books again. Then someone told me that this book was not at all his usual writing style, nor was it truly one of his chi...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:16:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:29:43 -0700 2009
The kids are (through their p...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 12:23:17 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:25:56 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 16:04:39 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:11:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 13:58:54 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 21:39:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 16:36:05 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 07:48:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 16:00:55 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 16:05:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:02:13 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:25:04 -0700 2009 once I have been a fan of Maguire's writing since I found a copy of Wicked 11+ years ago, and this is one of his ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:35:29 -0800 2009 Thu May 28 21:10:44 -0700 2009 Merged review:
This book made me want to unlearn how to read, which is a lot harder than it sounds. I almost didn't finish it, and now kind of wish I didn't. The story is very mundane, as is the dialogue, but never ending! The characters are hokie and contrived. Blah...blah...etc.]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 17:21:53 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 17:42:32 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 04:22:06 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 09:12:52 -0800 2009 Wicked, I'm loving all the others I've given a chance, this one included.

The story of What-the-Dickens is so cute, and just a little sad. From the beginning with his...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:14:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 23:08:45 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 08:09:46 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 08:14:46 -0800 2008 I had originally tried to read this story and had no luck, the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 16:50:01 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 07:02:04 -0700 2009
It was an easy, quick (also unusual for Maguire!) read...but I found it difficult to really get into it or to develop any attachmen...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 10:33:14 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 10:27:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 18:53:43 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 16:20:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 09:09:20 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 16:31:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 14:25:35 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 15:50:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=915092