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A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.

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Main Author: Grabenstein, Chris (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Inventions > Juvenile fiction.
Characters and characteristics in literature > Juvenile fiction.
Books and reading > Juvenile fiction.
Divorce > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.
Physical Description:242 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780385388443 (hbk.)
0385388446 (hbk.)
9780385388467 (lib bdg.)
0385388462 (lib bdg.)
9780385388450
Author Notes:Chris Grabenstein was born in Buffalo, New York on September 2, 1955. He studied journalism and theater at the University of Tennessee and then moved to New York City. For five years, he performed and won awards with some of the city's top Improvisational Comedy troupes. He wrote for Jim Henson's Muppets. In 1986, he and Ronny Venable wrote a TV movie for CBS called The Christmas Gift. He also worked as an advertising executive for close to twenty years.

He won the Anthony Award for best first mystery for his first adult mystery Tilt-a-Whirl. His other novels for adults include Mad Mouse, Whack-a-Mole, Hell Hole, Mind Scrambler and Rolling Thunder. He received another Anthony Award and four Agatha Awards for his work. His books for younger readers include Escape from Mr. Lemonchello's Library, The Island of Dr. Libris, the Treasure Hunters series, the Haunted Mystery series, the Riley Mack series, and the I Funny series written with James Patterson.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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