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Jennifer Murdley's toad: A magic shop book
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 17 Ratings and 17 Reviews

Book Description
Jennifer Murdley, a homely fifth-grader who would give anything to be beautiful, accidentally stumbles into a magic shop and purchases a very ugly toad. The toad, it turns out, can talk and ends up getting Jennifer into the worst trouble of her life. This madcap, head-spinning adventure is also a thought-provoking story about the nature of true beauty. "An unusually felicitous blend of lighthearte... More
Book Information
PublisherProduced for the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped by National Braille Press Inc
BindingUnknown Binding (20 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages175
ISBN-10B0006R9LRA
Publication Date/1994
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About Bruce Coville (Author) : Bruce Coville (b.May 16, 1950) is an American author of children's stories. He was born in Syracuse, New York and lived around central New York except for one year he spent at Duke University. In Sept... more
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6/3/2008 Christy Evers said:
When an unpopular, unattractive girl is chased by a cruel classmate, she stumbles into a Magic Shop where she purchases an immortal talking toad. I love Coville's Magic Shop Series. They are all so funny and can stand by themselves. So many series are so alike, that they become predictable. ... more

tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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2/13/2008 Angelika Riedel Lochner tagged as: I read

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