- English Short stories, Mystery and detective stories, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction
Answering an advertisement for an artist's assistant involves seventeen-year-old Dickory Dock in several mysteries and their ultimate solutions.
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About the book
- Author
- Ellen Raskin
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 170
- Publisher
- Puffin Books, Macmillan, Puffin
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780333198414
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