Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book - Hardcover

Coville, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152007482 ISBN 13: 9780152007485

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1991

Synopsis

Sixth-grader Jeremy Thatcher discovers a strange magic shop he has never seen before. He enters, and his life is changed forever. Buying what he thinks is a marble, he discovers he has really purchased a dragon’s egg.

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About the Authors

BRUCE COVILLE has more than fourteen million books in print, including the bestselling My Teacher Is an Alien and the Magic Shop books. He lives in Syracuse, New York. Visit his website at www.brucecoville.com.

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Reviews

Grade 5-7-- In this entertaining fantasy readers will soon realize that things are not always as they seem. Jeremy Thatcher is plagued with all of the problems of a 12-year-old plus a few extra. He is pursued by Mary Lou Hutton, whom he detests, and is constantly put down by his art teacher for reasons he does not understand. One afternoon, in an effort to escape Mary Lou, Jeremy runs through alleys, side streets, and byways and finds himself in a part of town he has never seen before. He enters a small magic shop where he purchases a strange egg. A dragon that only Jeremy and Mary Lou can see enters the picture. The book is filled with scenes that will bring laughter and near tears to readers. Jeremy and his friends are believable characters; their actions and reactions are typical of the children's age. Once again, Coville offers a fantasy that younger readers can handle easily, and one in which dragons really exist for a little while. --Kenneth E. Kowen, Atascocita Middle School Library, Humble, TX
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Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152007482
• ISBN 13: 9780152007485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lippincott Gary A.
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148