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9 magic wishes

A child meets a magician who grants eight wonderfully fantastic wishes, with one wish left over.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965
Other Authors:	Hyman, Miles (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001.
Subjects:	Wishes > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A child meets a magician who grants eight wonderfully fantastic wishes, with one wish left over.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
ISBN:	0374355258
Author Notes:	Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California on December, 14, 1919. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1940. Much of her writing was done during the years she was raising her children. She is best-known for the short story The Lottery, which was first published in 1948 and adapted for television in 1952 and into play form in 1953. Her published works include articles, nonfiction prose, plays, poetry, seven novels, and fifty-five short stories. Her other works include Life among the Savages, Raising Demons, The Haunting of Hill House, which was adapted to film, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She died on August 8, 1965 at the age of 45. (Bowker Author Biography)