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      The Philadelphia Adventure

      by Lloyd Alexander
      Published
      Apr 1990
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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      150
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      Series
      Vesper Holly Book 5

      About This Book

      Spirited Vesper Holly has crossed mountains on camelback and narrowly escaped earthquakes. But even she is surprised when President Ulysses S. Grant appears on her doorstep and asks for her help.



      Notables from around the world have come to Philadelphia for the Centennial Exposition of 1876. Also attendance, however, is the notorious, evil Dr. Helvetius. And only Vesper can thwart his most insidious, ingenious, and far-reaching scheme ever...

      Series Placement

      Book 5
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Action Adventure

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      Mar 1992 Yearling ISBN13 9780440406051 ISBN10 0440406056
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      Jul 2002 Puffin ISBN13 9780142301449 ISBN10 0142301442
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      First Edition Apr 1990 Dutton ISBN13 9780525445647 ISBN10 0525445641
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      Jan 1990 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606009249 ISBN10 0606009248
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      Oct 1999 Sagebrush ISBN13 9780833584137 ISBN10 0833584138
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      Jul 2002 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606246941 ISBN10 0606246940
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      Jan 2009 Paw Prints ISBN13 9781435263680 ISBN10 1435263685
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