Hardcover, 304 pages
English language
Published Sept. 11, 2007 by Candlewick.
3 stars
(1 review)
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'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 - trading coins for teeth - 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.
Subjects
- Health & Daily Living - Tooth Loss & Tooth Fairy
- Humorous Stories
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories
- Family - General
- Juvenile Fiction
- Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Fiction
- Orphans
- Storytelling
- Tooth Fairy
- Children: Grades 4-6