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Dragon Run

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Author(s):Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):Lynd Ward
Publisher(s): Houghton, Mifflin Co.
Year Published: 1955
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
American
Boys Growing Up
Families
Fantasy - American
Fiction - Novel
Magic
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 282
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
LCCN: 55009951
OCLC: 1598542

Description

This time travel adventure takes Chris Mason and Mr. Wicker back to colonial days.

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Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952)

When Chris applies for a job at Mr. Wicker’s antique shop, he doesn’t realize it involves traveling two hundred years into the past.

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The Sign of the Seven Seas (1954)

Chris is sent back in time on another adventure, this time around Cape Horn in search of treasure.

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