The Magic Pretzel (Werewolf Club Series #1)

by Daniel Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater (Illustrator)

Overview

Break a crazy curse with the Werewolf Club in this hilariously fun adventure!

Everyone knows people turn into werewolves if they are bitten by a werewolf, but did you know you can turn into a werewolf by:
1.Thinking about werewolves
2.Reading a book like this one
3.For no reason at all

Norman Gnormal didn’t know this until someone signed him up for the Werewolf Club at school. Raised as a puppy (he’s pretty sure his parents wanted a dog but got him instead), he never quite fit in with most kids at school, who don’t growl at people or dig holes in the lawn. But in the Werewolf Club he finds home with other kids who like running on all fours and howling at the moon.

When the club learns that their teacher has been cursed, the only way to cure him is with Alexander the Great’s magic pretzel. But will the club be able to find the pretzel? And can Norman, the only non-werewolf in the club, keep up?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689837906
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	05/01/2000
Series:	Werewolf Club , #1
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.62(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Daniel Pinkwater is the author of several bestselling children's
books as well as a popular commentator on National Public Radio. He writes
regular reviews on Contentville.com. Daniel lives in Hyde Park, New York.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 2-4-This beginning chapter book is creative and filled with zany humor. Even the chapter numbers are funny-beginning with "Minus Three." Chapter one is a mere 16 words long and none of the 38 chapters has more than two pages of text. Norman Gnormal is not your average fourth grader. He was raised as a dog because (he thinks) his parents really wanted a dog instead of a boy. Due to his strange behavior (growling, drooling, threatening to bite other students), the school principal signs him up for the new Werewolf Club started by one of the teachers. It turns out that the odd instructor is stuck between being a man and a werewolf because of a supposed curse from his half-brother. Norman and his three real werewolf schoolmates locate the half-brother and get the magic pretzel that can allegedly reverse the curse. Although this book is not quite as engaging as Pinkwater's slightly longer works, it may lead readers to them and is certainly howling good fun.-Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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