![]() Amato plausibly sketches Lerner's evolving sense of responsibility about Fip's powers, including her panic when he almost eats the word ""oxygen"" and the name of her teacher Mr. These developments occasion secondary story lines (e.g., about a sinister tycoon who employs thumb tacks and child labor to train the vicious dogs he sells as ""Attackaterriers""). The results of Fip's consumption can be pleasant (Fip eats a vending machine number and unleashes free chocolate bars) or dire (Fip eats the name of a newly charted star, sending its discoverer into a crisis). Lerner discovers Fip and realizes that every time he eats a word, the object it signifies disappears forever. The second centers on sixth-grader Lerner Chase, recently-and unhappily-transplanted from Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. The first revolves around a newborn worm named Fip, whose appetite runs to words rather than dirt. ![]() ![]() ![]() This first novel may hold some appeal for bookworms, but a multitude of subplots proves distracting and weakens the tension. ![]()
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