Jennifer Murdley's Toad

JENNIFER MURDLEY`S TOAD

By: BRUCE COVILLE

Reviewed by Kaj H.

     The main characters are Jennifer and her toad, Bufo. Jennifer is very ugly.

     All the characters are Bufo, Jennifer, the Witch, Mrs. Applegate and Ana.

     The narrator is third person. The setting is in Moody Hollow city in Texas.

     The thing that makes it a fantasy story is that there are talking animals, magic, transformation,

     If I could change anything it would be that there are mirrors everywhere in the hair salon.

     The problem in the story is when the witch wants Bufo’s jewel of happiness.

     The problem is solved when the witch is contained unconscious by Jennifer who is a giant toad at the moment.

     I didn’t find any irony in the book. The book starts out were Jenifer buys the frog Bufo.

     Then she notices Bufo talks and reacts by running away. Later she notices that Bufo can turn anyone into a toad by kissing them. Then they run into a witch who wants the jewel from Bufo`s head because the jewel is meant to make people`s lives happier and easier.  

     A few things I liked about the book were the name Bufo and that they chose a toad for the animal.

     I would recommend this book to a 4-5th grade level of reading and for people who like toads, kissing and magic.