The Fall of Fergal
Philip Ardagh, . . Scholastic/Apple, $5.99 (125pp) ISBN 978-0-439-73014-3
"The novel begins with Fergal's catastrophic fall from the 14th floor of the Dell Hotel," wrote
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Reviewed on: 10/03/2005
Genre: Children's
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