Middle School Summer Reading List (continued)
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What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire
Three siblings have been surviving on whatever food and water they can scavenge after a natural disaster leaves them stranded. With their parents gone and only a distant cousin there as guardian, the humble party distracts themselves with the cousin's story of the skibbereen, also known as tooth fairies. The story details the growing pains of one orphaned skibbereen named What-the-Dickens, as he learns of a skibbereen's life mission: to deliver wishes to humans. On his adventures, he makes the acquaintance of a house cat, a bird, a tiger, a lonely boy, and a fellow skibbereen named Pepper, who teaches him love, friendship, and the ins-and-outs of the job. This quirky story from the author of Wicked makes for a fun summer read, while also encouraging readers to make deeper thematic links between two story lines--great practice for the literary analysis to come in high school. (Candlewick, 2007, $8.99) Where to buy
Want to see last summer's picks? Check out our 2008 Middle School Summer Reading List.
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