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Palmed off to relatives by his mother, eleven-year-old Dan runs away, and after a series of adventures with a family of ne'er-do-wells finally brings together the people who will become the family he's always dreamed of having.
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3 editions- Other · English · 1985Puffin · 190 pages · 9780140316261
- Other · English · 1983Lippincott · 214 pages · 9780397320530
- Other · English · 1983Kestrel · 190 pages · 9780722658123
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