The tower, the zoo, and the tortoise
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Balthazar Jones lives in the Tower of London with his wife, Hebe, his one-hundred-eighty-one-year-old pet tortoise, and a few eccentric neighbors. Balthazar is a Beefeater. The white-hot flame of his and Hebe's love has dwindled in the few years since their son died. Their marriage is teetering on the brink of extinction, when Balthazar is unexpectedly tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower to house the many exotic animals given to the Queen. Life at the Tower is about to get all the more interesting.--From back cover.
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Stuart, J. (2011). The tower, the zoo, and the tortoise. Large print ed. Detroit, [Mich.], Wheeler Publishing/Gale Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Stuart, Julia. 2011. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise. Detroit, [Mich.], Wheeler Publishing/Gale Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Stuart, Julia, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise. Detroit, [Mich.], Wheeler Publishing/Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Stuart, Julia. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise. Large print ed. Detroit, [Mich.], Wheeler Publishing/Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.
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| 300 | |a 421 p. (large print) ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a "Originally published in Great Britain in paperback as 'Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo' by Harper Press"--T.p. verso. | ||
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