Title: Esio Trot
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
ISBN: 0-439-17706-5
Pages: 62 pgs.
Format: Chapter Book
Review:
Mr. Hoppy is a happy old retired man who is in love, deep love with his neighbor Mrs. Silver. The only problem is that Mrs. Silver is also in love, with her little tortoise, Alfie. Mr. Hoppy concocts a plan to gain the trust and interest of Mrs. Silver. He does this by helping her get her little turtle to grow just as she has wanted him to for years. Mr. Hoppy ends up buying over a hundred turtles to swap out to make Mrs. Silver think her turtle is growing. The plan works and Mrs. Silver invites Mr. Hoppy over for tea where he proposes to her and she accepts and they live happily ever after.
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