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The Comeback Kids -- Book 9 -- The Barbary Macaques Of Gibraltar

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Item Weight: 0.92 lbs

Book Title: Comeback Kids -- Book 9 -- the Barbary Macaques of Gibraltar

Item Length: 11in.

Item Height: 0.2in.

Item Width: 8.5in.

Author: Penelope Dyan

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Features: Large Type

Topic: Photography, Animals / Apes, Monkeys, Etc., Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection

Publisher: Bellissima Publishing, LLC

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction

Number of Pages: 36 Pages

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