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Shining On

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8
Page count: 17

Author

Mary Jo
Putney

Appeared in

Enchantment Place

Story Summary

A returning combat veteran, who had spent his youth helping his uncle at his shoeshine stand, finds the perfect advertisement for a job - "wanted: shoe shine attendant, must be combat veteran." But when he reports for work, he finds this particular mall caters to an unusual clientele. His first customer is a unicorn, the second a vampire and by the end of the day he must help make peace between a weretiger and his young, vegan, weretiger son.