A new YA novel in the style of THE EDUCATION OF ROBERT NIFKIN
Adventures of a Dwergish Girl
β Scribed by Pinkwater, Daniel M
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 981 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Tachyon Publications 2020.
- ISBN
- 1616963379
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater (The Hoboken Chicken Emergency) returns in classic form with the illustrated, middle-grade adventures of one young Molly O'Malley: a dwarf (well, dwarf-ish) girl who just won't settle for a boring life in the Catskill mountains.
"Daniel Pinkwater's books don't strive for greatness; they don't seem to be trying at all. That's the magic of them."
βThe New York Times Book Review
Molly O'Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!).
Molly isn't interested in cooking and weaving, as she is expected to be. So, she sets off to see the world for herself. Which means a new job, a trip to New York City, prowling gangsters, an adorable king, a city witch, and many historical ghosts. More importantly, it means excellent pizza, new friends, and very quick thinking.
Now someone is...
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