The Magic Finger
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The Magic Finger
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Level:
GRL: N
DRA: 30
Lexile: 560 L
AR Level: 3.1
AR Points: 0.5
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Anti-hunting message
Sass/Crass:
Language: “stupid”
Sass Scale: 0
Synopsis:
8 year old narrator does not like that her neighbors, Phillip (8) and William (11), go hunting each Saturday with their father Mr. Gregg. After voicing her opinion one day and being dismissed, the narrator’s magic finger caused the whole Gregg family to shrink to the size of ducks and their arms turn into wings! The four ducks the Greggs had been hunting the day before have now grown to the size of humans, have arms instead of wings, take over the Gregg’s home and use their own guns to go hunting!
Since the tables have turned, the Gregg family now understands what it is like to be hunted, and promises never to hunt an animal again, which transforms them back to their normal selves.
The Magic Finger
GRL: N, DRA: 30