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      Five Alien Elves

      by Gregory Maguire
      Published
      Oct 1998
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      176
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      Series
      The Hamlet Chronicles Book 3

      About This Book

      On the night before Christmas, something is flying over Hamlet, Vermont, but it isn't a sleigh with reindeer. It's a UFO bearing five aliens on a mission: to free this planet from its evil dictator, a fat man in a red suit and a long white beard. Disguised as Earthlings--well, elves--they meet Mayor Grass, fresh from his annual appearance in Santa Claus costume, and capture him. It's up to Miss Earth's students, the Tattletales (all the girls except Pearl) and the Copycats (all the boys), to set aside their differences and concoct a rescue scheme. In this Yuletide sequel to Seven Spiders Spinning and Six Haunted Hairdos, visitors from the Planet Fixipuddle join the familiar folks of Hamlet--Miss Earth, Grandma Earth, and the rival Tattletales and Copycats--in a comic extravaganza that is literally out of this world.

      Series Placement

      Book 3
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Fantasy

      Themes

      Comedy / Humor

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      Oct 2000 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780064407649 ISBN10 0064407640
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      First Edition Oct 1998 Houghton Mifflin ISBN13 9780395838945 ISBN10 0395838940
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      Oct 2000 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780613311984 ISBN10 0613311981
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      Oct 2000 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606199704 ISBN10 0606199705
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      Jul 2002 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786244140 ISBN10 0786244143
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