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Book, 2003
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Book, 2003
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When twelve-year-old Jack finds out that his apprentice job working for a bookkeeper does not involve keeping books safe, he leaves for the market city of Aberbog, where he peddles ideas, notions, and concepts, and wins the heart of the town. When twelve-year-old Jack finds out that his apprentice job working for a bookkeeper does not involve keeping books safe, he leaves for the market town of Aberbog, where he peddles ideas, notions, and concepts. When, at the age of twelve, he is sent out from the Opportunities School for Orphans and Foundlings to be a bookkeeper's apprentice, Jack finds his heretofore predictable life full of unusual adventures.
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