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Book SynopsisYoung Frankenstein meets The Princess Bride in the most hysterically hilarious book I''ve read in years.--Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling authorAll orphan Bolt Wattle has ever wanted was to find his true family. When a mysterious baron in far-off Brugaria sends for Bolt, he wonders if he''s getting closer to finding his long-lost parents. But Baron Chordata appears to be a twelve-year-old boy who wears tuxedos all the time, shouts at everyone, and forbids Bolt from asking questions. Things couldn''t get any worse . . . until midnight, when the Baron bites Bolt and turns him into a half boy, half penguin. Then things
really couldn''t get worse-- nope, wait, they get a lot worse. With the help and hindrance of a plucky girl who just might be the world''s greatest bandit, a whale cult led by a man whose weapon is a stale loaf of French bread, and a sinister but friendly fortune-teller who can''t stop cackling, Bolt''s on a quest
