Fun!!
And a thoroughly logical response to the story-generating question: What if .....
This time, the question is what would YOU do if you managed to get hold of a genii and were granted 3 wishes.
And you were stuck in a stodgy, repressive boarding school in the Victorian era and you were the ultimate tomboy and the rich, spoiled brats were the headmistress' pets and you were constantly getting in trouble for sticking up for yourself? And an orphan boy in the horrible government school next door knew you found a genii, and he was trying to steal it for himself? And the genii was an arrogant, misogynistic jerk who insulted you every time he opened his mouth? And to make matters worse, his feelings were hurt because his current "lamp" was a sardine tin -- and he smelled of rotten sardines every time he appeared?
Whew!
Maeve Merritt has her work cut out for her, but she is up for the challenge. Every time she turns around, an obstacle gets thrown in her path -- or at her head. She has a few terrifying setbacks. And then the biggest snot at the school finds out about the genii and tells her robber baron father, who will stop at nothing to get the genii for himself.
I truly hope that there are more adventures of Maeve and Tommy and Alice after this one, because I want to hear more! Especially if the same narrator reads the next ones. Fun!
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