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The Gold Bat

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Author(s):P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):Andrzej Klimwoski
Publisher(s): The Overlook Press
Year Published: 2011
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Boarding School
Boys Growing Up
British
Fiction - Novel
Games
School - high school
Sports - Miscellaneous
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 173
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 1590205138
ISBN-13: 9781590205136
OCLC: 712630341

Description

A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP.

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Other Editions

The Gold Bat (1904)

A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP. Read online at Gutenberg.org.

Publisher: A & C Black
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The Gold Bat (1974)

A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP.

Publisher: Souvenir Press, Ltd.
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