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The Bagthorpe Saga (book 1)

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1977

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A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1978)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009, No 606, Age 8 and over)

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Ordinary Jack

The Bagthorpe Saga

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Eleven-year-old Jack, the only "ordinary" member of the talented and eccentric Bagthorpe family, concocts a scheme to distinguish himself as a modern-day prophet.

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