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Wavebender: A Story of Daniel Au Fond

(Stories of Daniel Au Fond #2)

Tom Shachtman,

Jamichael Henterly (Illustrator)

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Further adventures of a sea lion as he wisely leads his tribe out of various dangers.

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Hardcover, 166 pages

Published May 1st 1989 by Henry Holt & Company

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