The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain

The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree

Coven Tree #2

Bill Brittain with Andrew Glass (Illustrator)

181 pages first pub 1983 (view editions)

fiction childrens fantasy lighthearted medium-paced
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The Wish Giver is ideal for readers who enjoy gently unsettling, morally curious stories where whimsical magic collides with the unintended consequences of human desire.

Description

In this account of sinister doings in Coven Tree, Stew Meat (of Devil's Donkey) relates thead a wish fulfilled, and each of whom rued that fulfillment. (A) literary folk story at its best.--School Library Journal. Newbery Honor Book; ALA Notable C...

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Moods

adventurous: 57%

funny: 57%

mysterious: 57%

dark: 42%

lighthearted: 14%

reflective: 14%


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