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The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree. Bill Brittain

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The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree Bill Brittain. pdf ebook Publisher: Language: English Page: 192 ISBN: 0064401685, 9780061784293

From Publishers Weekly

Various people take cards from Thaddeus Blinn, who says he can give them whatever they desire. Polly, who has a sharp tongue, asks to be well-liked. Rowena wants Henry to stay in town long enough to put down roots. Sam, sick of hauling water, wishes for water on his folks farm. They all get their wishes, with some truly horrible side effects, in Brittain's Newbery Honor Book.
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Review

"An eerie delight." -- NYT.

"In this account of sinister doings in Coven Tree, Stew Meat [of Devil's Donkey] relates the King Midas luck that came to three young people, each of whom had a wish fulfilled, and each of whom rued that fulfillment. [A] literary folk story at its best'folksy, fascinating and fun." -- SLJ.