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Borgel

by Daniel Pinkwater · 1990

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Melvin Spellbound's humdrum life suddenly becomes extraordinary when 111-year-old Borgel arrives and takes him and the talking dog, Fafner, on a rollicking trip through Time, Space, and The Other in search of The Great Popsicle, Anthropoid Bloboforms and Grivnizoids!

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 170 pages

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