Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication-Data

Bransford, Nathan.

Jacob Wonderbar for President of the Universe /

Nathan Bransford; illustrated by C. S. Jennings.

p. cm.

Summary: When seventh grader Jacob Wonderbar is nominated for President of the Universe, he and his best friends Sarah Daisy and Dexter take off for outer space to campaign, and in the process suffer kidnappings, space monkeys, dirty politics, and threats to blow up the Earth.

ISBN: 978-1-101-57515-4

[1. Interplanetary voyages—Fiction. 2. Politics, Practical—Fiction.

3. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction.] I. Jennings, C. S., ill. II. Title.

PZ7.B73755Jaf 2012

[Fic]—dc23