The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens. This is the extraordinary story of a very nearly ordinary princess named Alicia. Given a magic fish-bone by a good fairy,

There was once a King, and he had a Queen; and he was the manliest of his sex, and she was the loveliest of hers. The King was, in his private profession, Under

A beautiful book for children. “They think we children never have a reason or a meaning!”-Princess Alicia, The Magic Fishbone, Charles Dickens Charles Dicke

Molly's fairy godmother gives her a magic fishbone that will grant one wish, which the resourceful girl saves until she really needs it.

This is the extraordinary story of a very nearly ordinary princess named Alicia. Given a magic fish-bone by a good fairy, Alicia can have whatever she wishes--p