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Scurvy Goonda Chris McCoy Hardcover | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-85598-6 | November 2009 | $16.99 |  Ages 10 Up Hardcover Library Binding | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-95598-3 | November 2009 | $19.99 | Ages 10 Up

Everyone at school thinks Ted is crazy, literally. Wouldn't most people think that if they saw you talking to an imaginary pirate friend? Scurvy has been Ted's "abstract companion", (abcom for short) since his dad disappeared seven years before. His little sister Adeline also has an abcom to keep her company. When Ted decides that it's time to move on with life without Scurvy, a strange coincidence occurs. Green bumps appear on everyone's abstract companions and then the abcoms all disappear. Worried about his sickly friend, Ted goes on a quest to solve the mystery. He soon finds himself in the strange underworld of Middlemost where abstract companions are created and where they are being controlled by a peculiar but powerful figure known as Persephone Skeleton. What ensues is an absurd, bizarre, and most outlandish adventure this is guaranteed to set your own imaginations yo-ho-ho-ing! Tales on the high seas can't compare to this extraordinary romp in middle Earth. AARRRRRRG!

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Prepared by Jill Webb, Children's Librarian, Farmington Community Library, Farmington , Michigan

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