Pinocula
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For Rob Burnside, things are going pretty well. His friends are behaving, school isn't too bad, his family's getting along, and Janae, the girl of his dreams, occasionally notices him. Yep, life's okay—until the lying starts.
Meet Pinocula, the new creature from Rob's closet. He is a liar and a jokester and is determined to drive Rob crazy. Obert Skye doesn't let his fans down in this hilarious installment in The Creature from My Closet series, which started with Wonkenstein and Potterwookiee.
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Obert Skye. (2013). Pinocula. Henry Holt and Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Obert Skye. 2013. Pinocula. Henry Holt and Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Obert Skye, Pinocula. Henry Holt and Co, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Obert Skye. Pinocula. Henry Holt and Co, 2013.
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A botched chemical reaction causes strange creatures to emerge from Rob's closet: Wonkenstein featured half-Willy Wonka/half-Frankenstein; Potterwookie introduced a half-Chewbacca/half-Harry Potter creature. Now there's Pinocula (half-vampire/half-Pinocchio) whose trickster ways get Rob into a mess of trouble. Rob chronicles one mishap after another with boyish anecdotes featuring all-too-familiar Jeff Kinneystyle comics.(Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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