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Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini

Betsy Uhrig

Ages: 12+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books/S&S

ISBN: 978-1-5344-6765-1

Keywords: books and reading, authorship, friendship, writing process

The aunt of reluctant reader Alex, 12, persuades him to improve her first novel with hilarious results as he and his friends film plot elements in search of verisimilitude.