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A Billion for Boris

A Billion for Boris

by Mary Rodgers

TelevisionFictionMothersChildren's fictionTelephone, fiction
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About this book

When they discover an old TV that plays tomorrow's programs, fourteen-year-old Annabel and her fifteen-year-old friend Boris try to use it to help mankind and earn money to renovate Boris' eccentric mother.

Themes & subjects

TelevisionFictionMothersChildren's fictionTelephone, fictionBoys, fiction

About the author

Mary Rodgers
Mary Rodgers

1931 – 2014

Mary Rodgers (January 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014) was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the novel Freaky Friday, which served as the basis of a 1976 film starring Jodie Foster, for which she wrote the screenplay, as well as three other versions. Her best-known musicals were Once Upon a Mattress and The Mad Show, and she contributed songs to Marlo Thomas' successful children's album Free to Be... You and Me. -Wikipedia

Author

Mary Rodgers

Pages

211

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

10

Language

English

Publisher

HarperTrophy

ISBN

9780060512309

Where to buy

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