This is a disappointing book. Maybe in 1983 they didn't have enough choices for the Newbery Honor? The writing is fine enough for a children's book but sadly the plot has been done over and over and over again and nothing about this version of wishes gone wrong is particularly original. Maybe it ...
The frogs had gone back to their swamp, and the only light in the room was the faint glow of dawn showing through the window. She sat up in bed, clutching the quilt about her neck. For the first time she could remember, Polly was deep-down scared. Twice yesterday, the only sound she had been able...