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Five Children and It

Five Children and It

by Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924

BookID: 778

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 89.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Siblings -- FictionWishes -- FictionFairies -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910 -- Fiction

Description

"Five Children and It" by E. Nesbit is a fantasy children's novel published in 1902. When five siblings discover a grumpy, ancient sand-fairy called the Psammead in a gravel pit, they're granted one wish per day—but there's a catch. Each wish vanishes at sunset, and every desire goes hilariously and dangerously wrong. From unrecognizable beauty to unwanted riches, from inconvenient wings to a besieged castle, the children learn that getting what you wish for isn't always what you want. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature; PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

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