The Word Eater
Paperback – Illustrated, March 1, 2005
Candlewick Press · Paperback · March 1, 2005
Life is miserable for sixth grader Lerner Chanse at her new shool, where the MPOOE (Most Powerful Ones On Earth) Club ruthlessly rules over the SLUGs (Sorry Losers Under Ground).
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- Who it’s for
- A school hierarchy meets a fantastical twist with consequences built right into language.
- Themes
- Social exclusion, School power hierarchies, Words disappearing from the world
- Genres
- Magic & Fantasy, Bullying, Friendship
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Life is miserable for sixth grader Lerner Chanse at her new shool, where the MPOOE (Most Powerful Ones On Earth) Club ruthlessly rules over the SLUGs (Sorry Losers Under Ground). It looks as if Lerner is destined to be a SLUG, until she finds a magical worm that eats printed words instead of dirt. If Fip eats a word, that item simply disappears from the world -- forever.
Words Gone Wild
A school hierarchy meets a fantastical twist with consequences built right into language.
Come here for
- A sixth grader facing the school’s ruthless pecking order
- A magical worm with an unusually consequential appetite
Expect
- School-age social rivalry
- A playful fantasy premise with a sharp edge
Where it sits
| Magic & Fantasy | 49% |
|---|---|
| Friendship | 38% |
| Bullying | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Magic & Fantasy
- Growing Up
- Books About Libraries
- Authors
- Mary Amato
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- March 1, 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Social exclusion · School power hierarchies · Words disappearing from the world
- Reading lane
- Magic & Fantasy