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    Skin and Other Stories

    Author Roald Dahl
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    Penguin Young Readers | Viking Books for Young Readers
    5.56"W x 8.31"H x 0.59"D  
    On sale Jan 14, 2002 | 224 Pages | 9780141310343
    Grade 7 & Up
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    Stories to startle, surprise, and satisfy from the world’s number one storyteller . . .

    “A posthumous treat from a devilishly funny author.”—Entertainment Weekly

    How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out that the tattoo on your back was worth more than a million dollars? Here are eleven wicked tales that will keep readers spellbound from the opening lines until the horrifying surprise-twist endings.
    Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to "a wonderful faraway place." In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years. View titles by Roald Dahl
    “Bizarre, fascinating, and sophisticated short stories. . . . Full of irony and unexpected twists, they smack of the master’s touch—every word carefully chosen, characters fully fleshed out in only a few pages, the sense of place immediate.”—Booklist

    “Packed with imaginative characters, quirky plots, and surprise endings, these eleven gems are the kinds of stories readers will want to share with their friends.”—Children’s Literature

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    Stories to startle, surprise, and satisfy from the world’s number one storyteller . . .

    “A posthumous treat from a devilishly funny author.”—Entertainment Weekly

    How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out that the tattoo on your back was worth more than a million dollars? Here are eleven wicked tales that will keep readers spellbound from the opening lines until the horrifying surprise-twist endings.

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    Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to "a wonderful faraway place." In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years. View titles by Roald Dahl

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    “Bizarre, fascinating, and sophisticated short stories. . . . Full of irony and unexpected twists, they smack of the master’s touch—every word carefully chosen, characters fully fleshed out in only a few pages, the sense of place immediate.”—Booklist

    “Packed with imaginative characters, quirky plots, and surprise endings, these eleven gems are the kinds of stories readers will want to share with their friends.”—Children’s Literature

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