The skull of truth / Bruce Coville ; illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott.
Material type: TextPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt, 2002.Description: 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0152046127 (hc)
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.C8344 Sk 2002
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | Coville, Bruce | MS4 | Available | 33111003888092 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Mr. Elives's magic shop is back, and this time it is on the other side of Tucker's Swamp. And Tucker's Swamp is where Charlie Eggleston heads to escape a beating-for lying. Charlie can't seem to keep from lying, though sometimes his lies are for a good cause. When Charlie stumbles into Mr. Elives's magic shop, his eyes light upon The Skull. Charlie steals The Skull and it puts him under some sort of spell-he can only tell the truth. Trouble is, now no one believes him. . . .
"A magic shop book."
Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments before he understands its power.