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The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
4.0

Revenge can be so sweet. This (not really) is a kids revenge tale. I love the twist at the end.

The story is about an uptight dentist named Monsieur Bibot. He is rude and a snobby and set in his ways. He isn’t very kind to his dog. Our story starts with him seeing a woman who, gasp, didn’t have an appointment, but she had terrible pain in her mouth. He pulled the tooth and the woman paid in 2 magic figs. He was so mad that he wouldn’t give her pain pills after. A, you just know he’s going to get what’s coming to him, kind of story

Of course, he doesn’t believe the old woman about the figs being magic. He eats the first and doesn’t make a wish, but in his dreams his mind wants something and the next day it happens and he believes the old woman. He spends days getting his wish just right and ….

The nephew loved the end and he laughed. The man got what he needed to. The nephew thought this was a great book. It’s short and classic Chris Allsburg. He laughed at the end. He gave this 4 stars. He wants to read this again.




SPOILERS:






I have to speak on the end. It’s so good. You need to go read it, but the dog eats the fig and Bibot wakes up as the dog and the dog is now in Bibot’s body and the man’s trying to take out Bibot the dog. They switched places. It’s the best ending ever. It’s so wonderful. READ THIS BOOK.