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    Beetle Blast
    Beetle Blast
    Beetle Blast
    Ebook106 pages38 minutes

    Beetle Blast

    By Ali Sparkes

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    When Danny's soccer practice is canceled, he's forced to go with his brother, Josh, to a meeting for a wildlife and nature group. But a fluke encounter with a muffin turns both brothers into beetles just in time to learn all about pond-dipping...from the bug's perspective! Can Danny and Josh avoid becoming part of an insect collection? And where in the world is that horrible smell coming from?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateJan 1, 2017
    ISBN9781512457865
    Beetle Blast
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    Ali Sparkes

    Before she became an author, Ali worked as a singer, journalist, magazine editor, assistant to a juggling unicyclist, and comedy columnist on BBC Radio. Ali describes herself as, at heart, an 11-year-old boy, and as a child spent a lot of time building forts, climbing trees, and digging up stuff. 

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