The Outrageous Origin

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Overview:

Title: The Outrageous Origin
Author: Jim Davis, Michael Teitelbaum
Year: 1997
ISBN-10: 0590183729
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 87
Binding: Trade Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Outrageous Origin
Notes: 2nd printing by number line. 1997 by year line. "First Scholastic printing, September 1997". Available only through school market. Copyright page has ISBN 0-590-05908-4. Although Jim Davis gets the cover byline, in the book he's credited only as creator (of the Garfield comic strip); Michael Teitelbaum is credited as writer. Cover most likely by Barker and Fentz, but not credited separately from the artwork.