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Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth?

by Louis Sachar · 1992 · 80 pages

Book 1 of the Marvin Redpost series

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Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.

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Genre
humorliterary fictionfantasymystery
Themes
childhood
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle gradepicture books
Length
short · 80 pages

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