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Professor Bullfinch and his friend Dr. Grimes argue about which has more practical knowledge—and decide to settle the question by having a competition. Each man will go to a desert island, where he must survive on his own with only basic materials. Danny is to go with Professor Bullfinch and his friend Joe with Dr. Grimes (Irene doesn’t appear in the first two books) to help keep score. Unfortunately, their small plane goes down in the Pacific before they can reach their planned destination, and suddenly the four find themselves stranded on a deserted island for real.
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12 primary booksDanny Dunn is a 12-book series with 12 primary works first released in -350 with contributions by Jay Williams, Raymond Abrashkin, and Ezra Jack Keats. The next book is scheduled for release on Invalid Date.
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I probably would have liked this better when I was 10.
Danny, even when he tries to do better, usually does the dumbest possible thing.
But I think 10 year old me might have thought they were good ideas as well.
Didn't care for the constant concern that any indigenous peoples (or “natives”) they encountered would be cannibals.
You should probably skip this one.
Also, Grimes is a jerk.