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David and the Phoenix

Book Description
David desperately wants his novel education to continue with his secret friend, the Phoenix. From their hidden mountain ledge, they launch visits to a Banshee, a Griffon, and other fantastic beings while plotting to avoid discovery by a scientist who wants to kill and study the Phoenix. But as the Phoenix's 500th birthday approaches, he begins to build a huge nest of twigs and branches without qui... More
Book Information
PublisherFollett Publishing
BindingHardcover (51 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages173
ISBN-10B005J0FEFM
Publication Date/1958
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About Edward Ormondroyd (Author) : Edward Ormondroyd is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Edward Ormondroyd include David and the Phoenix (Unabridged), Time at the Top, Castaways on... more
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About Joan Raysor (Illustrator) : Joan Raysor is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Published credits of Joan Raysor include David and the Phoenix.
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5/17/2008 Sean Martin said:
A flat out brilliant book from the early 50s, a charmer that's just waiting for a big time Hollywood adaption about a young boy who finds himself tutored by a nearly-500-year-old phoenix. His education includes dealing with satyrs and gryffins (or is it gryffons?) and witches who like to drag race i... more

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