Name: The Magic Finger
ISBN: 9780142413852

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Anger Takes Flight

A sharp, fantastical clash between a child’s fury and a family’s hunting fun.

Come here for

Roald Dahl’s knack for turning a moral disagreement into magical trouble
A mischievous story where anger has startling consequences

Expect

A young girl’s Magic Finger turns the Greggs into birds
Comic mayhem, with the family suddenly nesting instead of hunting

Book Details

Authors: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: January 22, 2009
Format: Paperback
Theme: Fairy Tales & Folklore · Folktale Retellings
Reading lane: Fairy Tales & Folklore

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Publisher Categories

Ducks & Geese
Magic & Fantasy
Big Feelings

About This Book

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes the story of a young girl with an incredible power! To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Fing...

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From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes the story of a young girl with an incredible power! To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it's turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that's just the beginning of their problems….