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King-Smith, Dick

Mysterious Miss Slade

124 pp. | Crown | June, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-517-80045-4 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-517-80046-2 $$17.99
(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Ann Kronheimer. The local children imagine Miss Slade is a witch, but when Patsy and Jim Reader move into a nearby cottage, they befriend the old woman, who shares a ramshackle caravan with her numerous pets. There are a number of quietly astringent messages in this likable chapter book, and King-Smith cuts the sweetness nicely with the brisk humor of the children's dialogue and his satirical portrayal of their parents.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2000

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