Colección Alfaguara Clásicos: El dedo mágico / The Magic Finger (Paperback)

from JosephCamilleri

The narrator is an eight-year old girl whose "magic finger" wreaks revenge on whoever upsets her. The Greggs, her duck-hunting neighbours, get a taste of the finger when they ignore the girl's pleas to give up hunting. This story is intended for younger children. In fact its plot is quite simple ...

from nmhale

Dahl is sure to offend hunters in this short story about a girl and her magic finger. She is friends with three boys that come from a family of avid hunters. She is constantly trying to convince them to stop hunting, and they are constantly laughing at her and ignoring her warnings. One day, she ...

from Yona

So Roald Dahl does political/social commentary for children. It seemed a bit one sided and manipulative.So, anyway. It was cute - well done. It's my second Roald Dahl and I will read more and I will recommend them. I did like The Witches a lot more though.

from Bagpuss

A fairly typical Dahl cautionary tale about a girl who dislikes the things her two friends and their family do and so casts a sort of spell on them with her magic finger. This was much shorter than I expected - the story is 57 pages long - 16 of the total page count at the end of the book are mad...

from ChazziFrazz

The Greggs think hunting is fun and do it daily. The little girl next door thinks it is terrible and tries to talk them into stopping. One day the Greggs bring home their catch and the little girls gets so angry that her Magic Finger takes over and the Greggs find life has drastically changed. To...