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The Secret Life of Billie's Uncle Myron
A middle-grade fantasy adventure novel, with lots
of jokes.
by Len Jenkin
and Emily Jenkins
Henry Holt BYR, 1996
Eleven-year-old Billie is tired of her life:
Her rock star parents are always on tour. They spend more time with
agents and photographers than with Billie and her baby brother,
Bix. So when mysterious Uncle Myron pulls up to their hotel in his
cadillac convertible, Billie has a brilliant idea: She and Bix will
stow away in the backseat until their parents are worried enough
to come and find them.
But before long, the car is flying through
the air on its way to Borderland, a strange place where marshmallows
are priceless, elephants dance in nightclubs, and a giant amphibian
called the Kingfish rules with an iron tail. When Bix is kidnapped
by the evil Kingfish, Billie must trust the bizarre creatures of
the Borderland to help her rescue him.
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