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Description

In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the extraordinary come true. What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows... read more

Memorable Quotes

  • “"I intended only lilies."”
    The Magician

First Sentence

At the end of the century before last, in the market square of the city of Baltese, there stood a boy with a hat on his head and a coin in his hand.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Kate DiCamillo (Author)
 

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