- Science fiction, Humorous stories, Children: Babies Toddlers, Juvenile fiction
Leonard's life at his new junior high is just barely tolerable until he becomes friends with the unusual Alan and with him shares an extraordinary adventure.
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Classical in form, warm, unpretentious and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Daniel Manus Pinkwater
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 248
- Publisher
- Bantam Books (Mm), Bantam Books, Dutton
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553145229
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