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Bushman Lives!

Daniel Pinkwater (2012)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.73

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

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Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

In the 1960s, Harold Knishke, a Chicago teenager with a special place in his heart for Bushman, the famed departed gorilla of the Lincoln Park Zoo, embarks on a hometown adventure, in a quest to become a great artist and figure out how he became the object of a famous folk song.

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Contemporary FantasyHistorical FantasyMagical RealismUrban Fantasy