Lenny's Book of Everything
- ISBN-10
- 1524770124
- ISBN-13
- 9781524770129
- Series
- Lenny's Book of Everything
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Author
- Karen Foxlee
Description
In 1970s Ohio, Lenny and her younger brother, Davey, who suffers from a rare form of gigantism, cope with his declining health by poring over each installment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia Set.
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