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Jennings, Richard W.

Ferret Island

227 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | May, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-80632-4 $16.00
(2) 4-6 While on a sightseeing tour, fourteen-year-old Will falls into the Mississippi and finds himself stranded on an island inhabited by giant ferrets and a reclusive author who's training the ferrets to be eco-terrorists. Throughout, Jennings treats readers to eccentric characters, multiple coincidences, and outrageous wordplay. The story was first published serially in the Kansas City Star.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2007

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