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When Joe and Wishbone must confront a scary neighbor who owns a big mean dog, Wishbone imagines himself as the hero Beowulf of Geatland who helps King Hrothgar rid his kingdom of the terrible monster Grendel.

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Main Author:	Strickland, Brad
Other Authors:	Duffield, Rick
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Allen, Tex. : Big Red Chair Books, c1997.
Series:	Adventures of Wishbone ; 1.
Subjects:	Beowulf > Adaptations > Juvenile fiction. Dogs > Juvenile fiction. Imagination > Juvenile fiction. Heroes > Juvenile fiction. Action and adventure fiction > Juvenile. Animal fiction > Juvenile. Adaptations > Juvenile.
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Summary:	When Joe and Wishbone must confront a scary neighbor who owns a big mean dog, Wishbone imagines himself as the hero Beowulf of Geatland who helps King Hrothgar rid his kingdom of the terrible monster Grendel.
Item Description:	"Wishbone created by Rick Duffield." "Inspired by 'Beowulf' by Anonymous."
Physical Description:	142 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Audience:	"RL: 4+"--P. [4] of cover. "008-012"--P. [4] of cover.
ISBN:	9781570641954 1570641951
Author Notes:	Brad Strickland was born in New Hollard, Georgia in 1947. He received a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Georgia. He has been a Professor of English at Gainesville State College since 1987. His first novel, To Stand Beneath the Sun, was published in 1986. Since then he has written or co-written over 60 novels. His books include The Ghost in the Mirror, The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder, The Doom of the Haunted Opera, The Hand of the Necromancer, The Tower at the End of the World, The House Where Nobody Lived, and The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer. In 2001, he received the Georgia Author of the Year Award in the Children's/Young Adult Division for When Mack Came Back. He has also co-written books in several series including Wishbone, Star Trek, and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Bowker Author Biography)