Clever Ali, Nancy Farmer ; illustrated by Gail De Marcken
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Clever Ali, Nancy Farmer ; illustrated by Gail De Marcken
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (Colophon)
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Clever Ali
Nature of contents
bibliography
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61881049
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Nancy Farmer ; illustrated by Gail De Marcken
Summary
When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz
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primary
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- Kings, queens, rulers, etc -- Fiction
- Egypt -- History -- 640-1250 -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Pigeons -- Juvenile fiction
- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction
- Egypt -- History -- 640-1250 -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Homing pigeons -- Fiction
- Homing pigeons -- Juvenile fiction
- Pigeons -- Fiction
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- Subject10
- Kings, queens, rulers, etc -- Fiction
- Egypt -- History -- 640-1250 -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Pigeons -- Juvenile fiction
- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction
- Egypt -- History -- 640-1250 -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Homing pigeons -- Fiction
- Homing pigeons -- Juvenile fiction
- Pigeons -- Fiction
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- Illustrator1
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