First published 2007
A raging storm forces a family to huddle by candlelight, where young Dinah listens as her cousin Gage spins a fantastical yarn about What-the-Dickens, a newly hatched orphan creature with a penchant for trouble. As What-the-Dickens stumbles upon a tribe of tooth fairies and learns their secrets, both he and Dinah discover that the world is far richer and less certain than they ever imagined.
Genres: fantasy, magical-realism, 21st-century, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
324 pages · Paperback · Walker Books Ltd.