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A Near Thing for Captain Najork

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Author(s):Russell Hoban
Illustrator(s):Quentin Blake
Publisher(s): Jonathan Cape Ltd
Atheneum
Year Published: 1975
Type: Hardcover
Softcover
Genre: Boys Growing Up
British
Picture Book
Age Range: Ages 0-5: Picture Books
Pages: 30
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0224011979
ISBN-13: 9780224011976
LCCN: 75029464
OCLC: 898889778

Description

Still smarting from his defeat by Tom, Captain Najork comes back for more.

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