General Butterfingers
Eleven-year-old Walter can’t believe his eyes when he sees the eviction notice from Ralph, the rotten nephew of his old friend, General Britt. It isn’t so bad for Walter and his mother, who also lives there—she would have no trouble finding another housekeeping job to support them both. But what about the old soldiers, the last surviving members of the crack World War II rescue force called the Spitzers, who saved the general’s life more than forty years before?
This warmly humorous novel shows two very different generations banding together to outwit a cunning adversary in order to see justice and honor prevail!

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General Butterfingers
Eleven-year-old Walter can’t believe his eyes when he sees the eviction notice from Ralph, the rotten nephew of his old friend, General Britt. It isn’t so bad for Walter and his mother, who also lives there—she would have no trouble finding another housekeeping job to support them both. But what about the old soldiers, the last surviving members of the crack World War II rescue force called the Spitzers, who saved the general’s life more than forty years before?
This warmly humorous novel shows two very different generations banding together to outwit a cunning adversary in order to see justice and honor prevail!

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General Butterfingers

General Butterfingers

General Butterfingers

General Butterfingers

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Overview

Eleven-year-old Walter can’t believe his eyes when he sees the eviction notice from Ralph, the rotten nephew of his old friend, General Britt. It isn’t so bad for Walter and his mother, who also lives there—she would have no trouble finding another housekeeping job to support them both. But what about the old soldiers, the last surviving members of the crack World War II rescue force called the Spitzers, who saved the general’s life more than forty years before?
This warmly humorous novel shows two very different generations banding together to outwit a cunning adversary in order to see justice and honor prevail!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780618759224
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 05/14/2007
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)
Age Range: 10 - 12 Years

About the Author

John Reynolds Gardiner (1944-2006) was the author of Top Secret and the acclaimed Stone Fox, which has been called "one of the most poular and acclaimed adventure stories in recent decades" (Children's Books and Their Creators). He lived and worked all over the world as an engineer and an author before he settled in California with his family.

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