The Monster's Ring
core novel 1982 Magic Shop
Record
| First published | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.78 (3,256 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780394853208 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Russell Crannaker is a Halloween-loving boy who is tired of being picked on by a bully. In a strange little shop run by Mr. Elives he buys a ring that is said to work real magic. Russell does not believe it, until he follows the instructions and twists it. He sprouts horns and hair and becomes a monster. One twist makes a monster, two make a more dangerous one, and a twist the other way, with the right words, turns him back. Russell enjoys his new power at first. Then he misuses the ring on the night of a full moon, and something frightening is loose in the town of Kennituck Falls.
Where it sits
- Universe: Magic Shop
- Series: Magic Shop core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Bruce Coville
Notes
- From the series record (Magic Shop): Five stand-alone adventures in which different children buy a magical object or creature from Mr. Elives' mysterious shop.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Magic Shop: position 1 of 5: next Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (1991)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Magic Shop (series)
- Bookstores.com listing (Pantheon Books, hardcover, August 1982)
- FictionDB
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