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The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date May 1, 2004
Pages 168
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780152047672
ISBN-10 0152047670
Dimensions 0.50 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight 0.30 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $11.95
Other format details juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Desperate to have a real adventure, Jon Jeffers, a lonely nine-year-old boy who lives on a tiny island with his mother and his lighthouse-keeper father, finally gets his wish when he encounters the cranky ghost of an ancient magician who teaches him how to fly, with disastrous consequences. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Jon Jeffers is the loneliest nine-year-old on earth. It's 1935, and he's stuck on a tiny rocky island off the coast of San Francisco with his mother and his lighthouse-keeper father. So when the ghost of an ancient magician appears and offers to teach him to fly, Jon seizes the chance for adventure. But then he flies into serious trouble. . . .

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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Houghton Mifflin (May 1, 2004)
9780152047672 | details & prices | 168 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.30 lbs | List price $11.95
About: Desperate to have a real adventure, Jon Jeffers, a lonely nine-year-old boy who lives on a tiny island with his mother and his lighthouse-keeper father, finally gets his wish when he encounters the cranky ghost of an ancient magician who teaches him how to fly, with disastrous consequences.
School and Library
Book cover for 9780152165291
 
from Harcourt Childrens Books (May 1, 2002)
9780152165291 | details & prices | 138 pages | 5.50 × 7.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
About: In 1935, living at a lighthouse near San Francisco, a lonely nine-year-old boy inadvertently summons a magician who teaches him the secret of flying.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (April 30, 2004)
9780606304061 | details & prices | List price $14.50
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781417616947 Book cover for 9781439517178
 
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (August 11, 2008)
9781439517178 | details & prices | 168 pages | List price $14.95
About: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
from Turtleback Books (May 1, 2004); titled "Boy Who Could Fly Without A Motor"
9781417616947 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.95

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