The the Stranger's Gift

By Tanya Landman

Short, accessible fiction for teens, designed to be dyslexia-friendly.

Award-winning author Tanya Landman delivers an engaging quick read for struggling teen readers in this clever retelling of a classic tale, where one man's cunning trick transforms stone into soup.

As a hungry traveler approaches a distant village on market day, he hopes to find food and a place to rest. Instead, he is met with suspicion and turned away by the wary villagers. With nothing but a single bowl and a stone picked up along the road, he must depend on his ingenuity and sharp thinking.

Can the stranger outwit the villagers and win them over with his resourceful plan?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008773033
• ISBN13: 9780008773038
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Barrington Stoke
• Length: 32 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher