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Gork, the teenage dragon is a wacky, exuberant, heartfelt debut novel. Dave eggers gork isnt like the other dragons at warwings military academy. Jul 19, 2017 harvard book store welcomes sue kaufman prizewinning author gabe hudson, author of dear mr. If john hughes wrote a game of thrones dragon comedy. An instant dragon tale classicthe lovable central character in gabe hudson s gork, the teenage dragon is the hormonal underdog dragon you never knew you wanted to read about and then cant seem to think about without smiling. He was drunk when he married her, stone cold sober when he found her dead. Gork, the teenage dragon induced in me such madcap, heartfelt delight and joy, like getting drunk but without impaired faculties and plus dragons. Fans of harry potter and hitchhikers guide to the galaxy will relish this teenage dragon s spellbinding love story filled with bighearted humor and imagination. Sep 01, 2017 gork, the teenage dragon by gabe hudson my name is gork the terrible, and im a dragon. Gork is less game of thrones and more the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
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