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The Bottle Imp of Bright House
Tom Llewellyn
出版Holiday House, 2018-10-09
主題Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & MagicJuvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / GeneralJuvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship
ISBN08234412299780823441228
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IH7RDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A delightfully dark middle-grade novel reminiscent of the Newbery-winning classic, The Westing Game.

Think of a wish. Go big with it. A winning lottery ticket. Eternal happiness. School vacation for a year. Now, answer this question: If you know this wish will come true, would you still make it if you knew someone else would somehow have to pay for it?

That's the catch thirteen-year-old Gabe Silver faces when a mysterious millionaire sells him a bottle containing a wish-granting imp. Any time Gabe makes a wish, someone else, somewhere, is going to lose something--maybe something big. That means each of Gabe's wishes should be an ethical dilemma--but as he scores a Ferrari, a hot tub, and all the pizza and sub sandwiches a kid could want, he's certain a guilty conscience is worth it...isn't it?

This thought-provoking book, inspired by a Robert Louis Stevenson novella, is pithy, dark, and very, very funny. It has an endearing, wacked-out cast of characters brought to life by illustrator Gris Grimly, whose cover art will be embossed to highlight the depth and detail of the art.