Name: The Magic Finger
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Author: Dahl, Roald ; Blake, Quentin
ISBN: 9780142413852

Type

Physical Book

Author

Roald Dahl

Illustrated by

Quentin Blake

Publisher

Viking Books for Young Readers

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.1 x 12.4 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.07 kg.

ISBN

9780142413852

ISBN13

9780142413852

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Magic Finger "

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....

Roald Dahl

(Author)

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(Wales, 1916 - Oxford, 1990) Roald was born into a wealthy family of Norwegian origin. At the age of four, he lost his father and at seven, he came into contact with the strict British educational system, which he reflected in books like Matilda and Boy. After finishing high school, he started working at the Shell company in Africa, where he was caught by the Second World War. After brief training, he became a pilot for the Royal Air Force. He was assigned to Washington, where he began writing about his war adventures. His foray into the world of children's literature was motivated by the stories he told his four children. His first work was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He also wrote scripts for movies and some of his works have been adapted into films.

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