Pub Date: March 1, 2007
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002024244
Lexile Code: 0700
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 10 to 12
Physical Info: 0.49" H x 7.44" L x 5.08" W ( 0.40 lbs) 208 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General | Humorous Stories | Social Themes | Values and Virtues
Series: Magic Shop Book
Description: When Charlie, a habitual liar, steals a skull from a magic shop, he discovers that the skull compels its owner to be honest. Working through several issues, Charlie realizes how complicated honesty is. Illustrations.
Brief description:
BRUCE COVILLE is the author of over 100 books for children and young adults, including the international bestseller My Teacher is an Alien, the Unicorn Chronicles series, and the much-beloved Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. His work has appeared in a dozen languages and won children's choice awards in a dozen states. Before becoming a full time writer Bruce was a teacher, a toymaker, a magazine editor, a gravedigger, and a cookware salesman. He is also the creator of Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company devoted to producing full cast, unabridged recordings of material for family listening and has produced over a hundred audiobooks, directing and/or acting in most of them. Bruce lives in Syracuse, New York, with his wife, illustrator and author Katherine Coville.
Review Quotes:
"A fast-moving, rollicking, yet serious tale, [that] will keep youngsters thinking." - School Library Journal (starred review)
"This skillfully told, fast-paced fantasy ranges in mood from serious to scary, but it's always laced with humor." - Horn Book Magazine