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The Last Guru

by Daniel Pinkwater · 1978

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One harmless bet on a horse race starts a chain of events that turns a 12-year-old into one of the world's richest people and a spiritual guru.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 127 pages

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