The Magic Finger

She couldn't always control it — and once the Magic Finger pointed, there was no taking it back.

When the girl next door gets angry enough, her Magic Finger fires — and this time it's aimed at the Gregg family, who love nothing more than shooting ducks for sport. By morning, the Greggs have shrunk to the size of birds, sprouted wings, and found themselves building a nest in their own garden while the ducks move into the house. A lesson is about to be learned.

Dahl has always understood that children carry a sense of justice that outpaces their ability to act on it, and the Magic Finger is its most satisfying expression — a fantasy of putting things right in a world where wrongs often go uncorrected. The role reversal at the heart of it is brilliantly, simply done.

Short enough for one breathless sitting, and perfect for children who have strong feelings about fairness — which is most of them.

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NOTE FROM TALESGALORE

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This book is for you if you love

• Animals
• Chapter Books
• Classic
• Funny
• Magic
• Roald Dahl