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Instead of Three Wishes
A leprechaun is sighted in small-town New Hampshire. A city boy becomes a hero in prehistoric Sweden. An elf prince tries to reward a girl who wishes he'd just leave her alone. In these and other delightful stories, magical adventure appears in the most unexpected places!
Instead of Three Wishes is a captivating collection of witty and sparkling fantasy stories from the Newbery Honor author of The Thief.
Ages 10+
Book Details
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date: Aug 8th, 2006
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.26in - 0.38in - 0.25lb
- EAN: 9780060842314
- Recommended age: 08-12
- Categories: • Fantasy - General• Short Stories• Legends, Myths, Fables - Arthurian
About the Author
Megan Whalen Turner is the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of five stand-alone novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief. Return of the Thief marks her long-awaited conclusion to the epic and unforgettable story of the thief Eugenides--a story more than twenty years in the making. She has been awarded a Newbery Honor and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature. She has twice been a finalist for the Andre Norton Award and won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature.
Praise for this book
"An ebullient collection. Delightful." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A refreshing first book, this introduces Turner as an entertaining, original storyteller with something to say." -- ALA Booklist (starred review)
"Turner employs an assortment of folk- and fairy-tale elements with freshness and ease." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Deftly told. Combines a shrewd wit with an eye for the endearingly absurd. A fine debut." -- The Horn Book
"The inventiveness and control shown here augur well for Turner's future endeavors." -- Publishers Weekly