Product Description

When ten-year-old Dinah and her two siblings are trapped by a terrible storm, Cousin Gage keeps their spirits up with an unlikely story – tooth fairies live in warring colonies right in your neighbourhood. Dinah is sceptical at first, but when the real world seems unbearable, stories told by candlelight have a way of coming true. Dinah starts to – wants to – believe. Don’t we all?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107664 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Review
"* "Gregory Maguire does for the dark and stormy night what he did for witches in Wicked." New York Times"

About the Author
Gregory Maguire is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was made into a hit musical. He is also America’s premier interpreter of the fairy-tale world. He lives with his family in Boston, US.

Customer Reviews

Different From What I expected
Although I'm not quite sure what I expected. Something more along the lines of Wicked, I suppose.

But this has a different charm, I guess, there's a story in a story, which isn't always the best set up, although Maguire pulls it off. Just about. It's aimed at quite a younger audience, which is obviously an important factor.

It just didn't impress me. The title was a lot to live up to, and I felt the whole idea was unexplored. It wasn't a bad novel, just, well, a bit basic?

I'm hesitant in saying this, because I've changed my mind about Maguires work before... but I just don't feel like it lived up to it's potential at all. Average. My reccomendation: borrow it from the library, or off a friend. No need to buy it.

A good book but it could have been better.
The first few chapters are promising and the characters are endearing, but I feel the story could have gone further. The end of the book seems to come too soon and your left feeling a little disappointed. You are introduced to many characters that don't really have any relevance to the structure of the story although the names and descriptions are great.
Although it has its faults I am pleased that I read the book, it's a cute little story, maybe a little more suited for children.