By Christopher Paul Curtis
Bestselling Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis gives you a robust better half to his a number of award-winning ELIJAH OF BUXTON.
Benji and purple couldn't be extra diverse. They aren't associates. They don't even stay within the similar city. yet their fates are entwined. an opportunity assembly leads the lads to find that they've extra in universal than meets the attention. either one of them have encountered a wierd presence within the wooded area, staring at them, monitoring them. may the Madman of Piney Woods be real?
In a story brimming with intrigue and event, Christopher Paul Curtis returns to the colourful global he dropped at existence in Elijah of Buxton. this is one other novel that might holiday your center -- and extend it, too.
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