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Gorilla City
by Nick Ward

The author claims to be an eight-year-old boy explorer who has, miraculously, lived for over four hundred years, travelling the earth, fighting giant crocodiles, learning to speak with gorillas, and trying to find a way to return home. This book is his journal. Amazing Adventures of Charlie Small series.

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