The Wizard of Balalac

by Fran Orenstein · 2008

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When 12 year-old Tyler is sent by his uncle to a disappearing bookstore tobuy The Book of Mysteries, he and his best friend, Zack, fi nd themselves inan exciting and dangerous adventure in the strange world of Balara. the twoboys, with the help of a brave Balaran girl, a dragon-slayer giant, and a yellow, polka-dot dog, must un-mask and battle a wizard and release a fi re-breathing dragon from a deadly spell to resolve the mystery of the Wizard of Balalac. Only then can they return home, that is, if the disappearing bookstore is still there.

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childrens
Length
short · 144 pages

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