The Encounter

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Overview:

Title: The Encounter
Author: K. A. Applegate
Year: 1996
ISBN-10: 0590629794
Publisher: Apple / Scholastic
Price: $3.99
Pages: 157
Binding: Trade Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Encounter
Notes: Cover artist not credited. C$4.99. Fifth printing by number line. 1996 by year line. Cover has hawk-shaped cutout revealing hawk in different artwork on second cover inside (on glossy cover stock). Small flipbook animation on lower right corner of odd numbered pages. Info regarding Raptor Center at University of Minnesota on unnumbered page before page 1.