Dangerous Wishes [Turtleback]

William Sleator (Author)

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media; Reprint edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606126694
• ISBN-13: 978-0606126694
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enemies and Friends, February 4, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Dangerous Wishes (Mass Market Paperback)

om comes to Thailand and was in a rich house,bad luck happens,but he met a Thai boy called Lek.Lek sells sam-tom, (spicy food) and despises rich people. He was edcuated in a villige and learned to speak English.He had good relationship with his teacher, the teacher gave him a pocket computer when he left for Bangkok.It prooved to grant wishes, even evil ones that gets others hurt. And soon the teacher was killed by some raiding Khmer Rouge soildiers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous Wishes, November 19, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Dangerous Wishes (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked the book for the most part but some of the characters were to unrealistic. My favorite part was when yhe boys saved the mad spirit from the pocket computer that she was stuck in.

The worst part of the book was when the khwan, a spirit of a body who is still alive, came out of Gope's body and went after Dom. The khwan of Gope was angry at Dom because Dom knew a secret that no one
was supposed to know.

The most vivid were Dom And lek because the author,William Sleator, told their personalities and discriptions as if he knew them personally. The most vivid conflict was when Dom offended Lek about his culture by accident.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book, January 18, 2002

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"kitkat1287" (Racine, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dangerous Wishes (Hardcover)

This was the first book that I'd read by this author. It's very good, very interesting, and factual in most ways. It tells about Thailand and the lifestyle of the people who live there among the story. The story is about a boy named Dom who moves with his parents to Thailand for a while. As soon as they arrive, bad luck descends upon him and his family. Dom befriends a Thai boy named Lek who sells som-tam (a type of spicy food) in the city. The story progresses as pieces to the puzzle of what happened to Dom's sister and her jade necklace when she'd visited before, and what Lek is so mysteriously hiding are revealed. This author's very good and if you like this book, you should try another one of his. This book is part of a sequel, and that should be read as well.