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The Mystery in the Bottle

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Author(s):Val Willis
Illustrator(s):John Shelley
Publisher(s): Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Year Published: 1991
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Boys Growing Up
British
Fantasy - English
Picture Book
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 30
ISBN-10: 0374351945
ISBN-13: 9780374351946
LCCN: 91003090
OCLC: 23464225

Description

When Bobby brings his friend the mermaid to the school swim meet and Neptune shows up to award the prizes.

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