The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree

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Summary: Easy to pick up, hard to put down
Review: I rate the Wish Giver by Bill Brittain a five star book. Some characters in the story were Polly Kemp, a girl that said whatever she wanted; Rowena Jervis, a girl in love with Henry Piper; Adam Fiske, a boy that has no water under his whole barn and house; Henry Piper, a salesman that lies to Rowena about going places and Thaddeus Blinn, a man of magic that will give you whatever you want for only 50 cents. I liked it because it was funny. For example Polly Kemp said Jug-A-Rum every time she said something insulting to some one. Rowena Jervis turned her boyfriend Henry Piper into a tree. Adam Fiske flooded his barn and house with water that shot up from the ground. If you want to know how all those weird things happened than read this book!

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Summary: Awesome, creative book
Review: I read this book when I was in Elementary school and its still one of my favorites to this day. It's creative, funny and teaches a very valuable lesson - Be careful what you wish for.

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Summary: I really enjoyed this book!
Review: The book The Wish Giver was very exciting because there were 3-5 main events, and they were all pretty crazy. It was kind-of mysterious because you could never make a reasonable prediction unless you really thought about your clues and what was going on in the story. This story had alot of suspense also. A brief summary is: There was a church social oneday. Alot of Coven Tree's townspeople went. Stew Meat, Polly Kemp, Rowena Jervis, and Adam Fiske went to Thaddeus Blinn's {the Wish Giver's} tent and bought a card with a red dot on it for $0.50 per card. They each got one card. When they wanted to make their wish, they put their thumb on the red dot and said their wish out loud. After reading this wonderful book, you will probably learn this lesson : be careful what you wish for.

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Summary: Watch the way you wish!
Review: The Wish Giver, a story told by a character, Stew Meat, broken up into three tales, a prologue, and an epilogue, is fantastic! Written by Bill Brittain and illustrated by Andrew Glass. The book starts off with the prologue; "The Strange Little Man", where Stew starts off with the first wild adventure. Stew Meat stumbles across a mildew covered tent that says: THADEUS BLINN, I CAN GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR... ONLY .50 cents. Curiously, Stew casually walk into the tent, looking at the bench and spotting Polly Kemp; a fresh mouthed little girl with braided pig-tails, next to Polly sat Rowena Jervis; a fifteen, love-struck, young lady, and a good distance apart from her sat Adam Fiske; a young man that pretty much keeps to himself. When Stew sat down, Thaddeus Blinn told them "I can give you each one wish, but think about how to say it and what to say, for your wish will be granted exactly as it is said." After paying their fifty cents, Thaddeus gives them each a white rectangular card with a red spot on it. Off went Thaddeus Blinn, with his mildew covered tent and $2.00, never to be seen in Coven Tree again.
It would take too long for me to tell all of the tales, what with all of the great language, so I'll tell my favorite one; "Jug-a-rum". This tale is about Polly Kemp. Sometimes her mouth gets the best of her and gets her into trouble! Luckily, her best friends, Leland and Lenora Wickstaff are there to help her out this time. Polly only has 2 friends, the Wickstaff twins. Her wish, obviously, contained having attention and more friends. Well, Polly gets her wish, but not the way she wanted it to happen. To give you a hint on what happens, she likes frogs and other critters in that category. Also, don't forget that the name of this tale is "Jug-a-rum". I got so into the book, that I felt like I was there with Polly, Rowena, and Adam
during their adventures.
Think that the author's message is that you should whatch what you wish for and how you say. I loved this book and I know that you would, and hopefully will too!

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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This is a wonderful book by the author of Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders. It's about four people and the effects of wish cards sold to them by a strange man named Thaddeus Blinn. The four recipients of these cards are Polly Kemp, Rowena Jervis, Adam Fiske, and the town shopkeeper, "Stew Meat". Thaddeus Blinn's cards have the power to grant any wish that is asked of it- exactly as it is phrased- for only fifty cents. This is a great book, and I would recommend it to anyone, along with the other books that tell of Coven Tree. Very exciting!