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The Giant

William Pène du Bois

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Another make believe story, the kind children and many adults will enjoy, displays the du Bois imagination to advantage again. In a European city that could be Paris, the author, the "I" of the story, notices a huge construction across the street from his small apartment and receives a threatening letter from El Muchacho y Cia telling him to move. He learns from the executive secretary of the company who explains discreetly that "El Muchacho" is an eight year old giant from Argentina - a real giant of a giant whose body has grown in direct proportion to the amount of food he eats. But as his character unfolds - and with it all the implications of being a giant, a young giant at that - El Muchacho turns out to be less of a terror than a charmer who sets the whole city dancing. - Kirkus Reviews

Language: English

Pages: 124

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Viking Children's Books

Release: May 10, 2022

ISBN: 0670338567

ISBN 13: 9780670338566

The Giant

William Pène du Bois

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Another make believe story, the kind children and many adults will enjoy, displays the du Bois imagination to advantage again. In a European city that could be Paris, the author, the "I" of the story, notices a huge construction across the street from his small apartment and receives a threatening letter from El Muchacho y Cia telling him to move. He learns from the executive secretary of the company who explains discreetly that "El Muchacho" is an eight year old giant from Argentina - a real giant of a giant whose body has grown in direct proportion to the amount of food he eats. But as his character unfolds - and with it all the implications of being a giant, a young giant at that - El Muchacho turns out to be less of a terror than a charmer who sets the whole city dancing. - Kirkus Reviews

Language: English

Pages: 124

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Viking Children's Books

Release: May 10, 2022

ISBN: 0670338567

ISBN 13: 9780670338566

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