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THE FOLK KEEPER

Franny Billingsley, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (162p) ISBN 978-0-689-84461-4

In our Best Books of 1999 citation, PW wrote, "Billingsley draws on storytelling traditions yet invents a thoroughly original subterranean world inhabited by menacing creatures called Folk. Hang on for a hair-raising ride." Ages 10-14. (Sept.)

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Reviewed on: 08/20/2001

Release date: 09/01/2001

Genre: Children's

Hardcover - 176 pages - 9780689828768

Paperback - 162 pages - 9780689844614

Open Ebook - 176 pages - 9780689848100

Hardcover - 203 pages - 9780786224616

Paperback - 176 pages - 9780689851995

Paperback - 176 pages - 9781408813195

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