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The Magic FingerRoald Dahl
The Magic Finger
by Roald Dahl
A girl who loses her temper can work a strange power with one finger. When neighbours go shooting ducks, she turns the arrangement round on them.
A story about children and animals, funny and wry in tone. We would put it with children of 6–8, and at a reading age of about 7 for reading alone.
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- Mild peril
None of this makes it a bad book — often the opposite. It is here so you can decide whether it is right for your child now or in a year or two.
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