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Dickens, Charles

The Magic Fish-bone

40 pp. | Harcourt | October, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201080-7 $$17.00
(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Robert Florczak. Dickens is perfectly tongue-in-cheek describing seven-year-old "Princess" Alicia, who courageously slaves away caring for her eighteen brothers and sisters while the family endures all manner of disaster. A magic wish-bone, properly employed, leads to the early arrival of payday, good fortune, and soon, Alicia's wedding to Prince Certainpersonio. The illustrations often give surreal results out of step with Dickens's spot-on tone.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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