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Skeleton Keys #3

Skeleton Keys: The Legend of Gap-Tooth Jack

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The third tall-but-true tale in the darkly comic series SKELETON KEYS from the award-winning duo behind STITCH HEAD.

Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds… Join me for the curious tale of Gap-tooth Jack – thief, adventurer and champion of imagining!

When Skeleton Keys banishes Wordy Gerdy from the present using his Key to Time, he thinks he’s seen the last of the troublesome unimaginary. But Gerdy uses her ghostly pen to wreak her revenge, and before Skeleton Keys knows it she’s written his precious keys out of existence.

Skeleton Keys and his partner Daisy must follow Gerdy into the past to retrieve her pen and make her restore his keys. But Skeleton Keys has unknowingly sent Gerdy back to his own past and her pen is now in the hands of notorious thief Gap-tooth Jack. As they set off to find Jack, Skeleton Keys can’t help noticing that everything looks strangely familiar. Then he comes face to face with the thief – could it be that the two have met before?

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Published December 29, 2020

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About the author

Guy Bass

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Guy is an award-winning author whose children's books series include Stitch Head, Skeleton Keys, Dinkin Dings, Spynosaur, The Legend of Frog and Atomic! In 2010 Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things won the Blue Peter Award for Most Fun Book with Pictures.

Guy's has also written plays for both adults and children. He has previously been a theatre producer, illustrator, temp, gerbil whisperer and has acted his way out of several paper bags.


Guy spent his childhood reading comics and hoping one day to become a superhero. He spends his adulthood in more or less the same way.

Guy lives in London with his wife and no dog - yet.

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Profile Image for Nusfaq Mahmood.
323 reviews
October 23, 2023
I absolutely love Daisy! This book was a bit different yet whimsical and full of adventures like the previous ones.

ps. The last chapter has a special place in my heart.
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5 reviews
February 17, 2021
“I really liked it but it’s called The Legend of Gap-tooth Jack but he’s not really a character, it’s just Emily pretending to be Gap-tooth Jack but Emily is a girl. It is misleading. I really liked the monsters. Daisy in this book has got a grin on her face...like all books, she always has a huge grin on her face.” - Nora, 5Y old
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Profile Image for Ebs .
83 reviews
July 24, 2022
I love this book it was so good and very easy to read and I love how magical it was and I would defiantly recommend it .
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1,261 reviews33 followers
January 1, 2021
It was an ok book.
The characters were fantastic and worked well together.
There is some funny moment in the story
Profile Image for Sian Ballantyne.
33 reviews4 followers
June 11, 2021
Fun for shared reading with my 8yo. We read the audio book which was great.
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March 9, 2024
Bass Straight #3
Skeleton Keys #3
How can I sum this up - not that great will suffice just not that great.
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