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The Bottle Imp of Bright House

by Tom Llewellyn
Gris Grimly
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A delightfully dark middle-grade novel reminiscent of the Newbery-winning classic, The Westing Game.
Think of a wish. Go big with it. A winning lottery ticket. Eternal happiness. School vacation for a year. Now, answer this question: If you know this wish will come true, would you still make it if you knew someone else would somehow have to pay for it?
That's the catch thirteen-year-old Gabe Silver faces when a mysterious millionaire sells him a bottle containing a wish-granting imp. Any time Gabe makes a wish, someone else, somewhere, is going to lose something—maybe something big. That means each of Gabe's wishes should be an ethical dilemma—but as he scores a Ferrari, a hot tub, and all the pizza and sub sandwiches a kid could want, he's certain a guilty conscience is worth it...isn't it?
This thought-provoking book, inspired by a Robert Louis Stevenson novella, is pithy, dark, and very, very funny. It has an endearing, wacked-out cast of characters brought to life by illustrator Gris Grimly, whose cover art will be embossed to highlight the depth and detail of the art.
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Publisher: Holiday House

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 9, 2018

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780823441228
  • Release date: October 9, 2018

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780823441228
  • File size: 24548 KB
  • Release date: October 9, 2018
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Kindle Book
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EPUB ebook

subjects

Fantasy Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Mythology

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:3.5
Lexile® Measure:500
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:0-2

A delightfully dark middle-grade novel reminiscent of the Newbery-winning classic, The Westing Game.
Think of a wish. Go big with it. A winning lottery ticket. Eternal happiness. School vacation for a year. Now, answer this question: If you know this wish will come true, would you still make it if you knew someone else would somehow have to pay for it?
That's the catch thirteen-year-old Gabe Silver faces when a mysterious millionaire sells him a bottle containing a wish-granting imp. Any time Gabe makes a wish, someone else, somewhere, is going to lose something—maybe something big. That means each of Gabe's wishes should be an ethical dilemma—but as he scores a Ferrari, a hot tub, and all the pizza and sub sandwiches a kid could want, he's certain a guilty conscience is worth it...isn't it?
This thought-provoking book, inspired by a Robert Louis Stevenson novella, is pithy, dark, and very, very funny. It has an endearing, wacked-out cast of characters brought to life by illustrator Gris Grimly, whose cover art will be embossed to highlight the depth and detail of the art.
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Fantasy Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Mythology
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