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THE WONDERFUL O
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| By: |
James Thurber, Marc Simont (Illus) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£11.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1590173090 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781590173091 |
| Publisher: |
THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, INC |
| Pub. date: |
31 March, 2009 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
80 |
| Synopsis: |
Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far island. Black has a ship to get there. So they team up and sail off on Black's vessel, the Aeiu-a name based on all the vowels except for O. O he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole. Black and Littlejack arrive at the port of the island and demand the treasure. No one knows anything about it, so they have their henchmen ransack the place-to no avail. But Black has a better idea: he will take over the island and he will purge it of O. The vicissitudes visited on the islanders by Black and Littlejack, the harsh limits of a life sans O, and how finally with a little luck the islanders shake off their tyrannical interlopers and discover the true treasure for themselves all create a timelessly zany fairy tale about two louts who try to lock up the language-and lose. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
NYRB Children's |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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