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1) Be a wolf!
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Joe and Wishbone must confront a scary neighbor who owns a big mean dog, Wishbone imagines himself as the hero Beowulf of Geatland who helps King Hrothgar rid his kingdom of the terrible monster Grendel and his equally fearsome mother.
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 14
Language
English
Description
When Joe's neighbor undergoes a change of personality after meeting the man of her dreams, Wishbone is reminded of the mysterious relationship between the kind, well-respected Dr. Jekyll and the evil Mr. Hyde.
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 4
Language
English
Description
As he and Joe try to get to the eight-grade basketball game in time, Wishbone the dog imagines himself as Robinson Crusoe, the sole survivor of a shipwreck who lived on a deserted island for nearly thirty years.
5) Salty dog
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 2
Language
English
Description
When he accompanies Joe and his friends to look for treasure in the condemmed Trumbull barn, Wishbone imagines himself as young Jim Hawkins who acquires a treasure map and soon finds himself involved with dangerous pirates.
11) Moby Dog
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 10
Language
English
Description
While pursuing the stranger who ran off with Joe's basketball, Wishbone imagines himself to be the young sailor Ishmael on Captain Ahab's whaling ship chasing the great white whale, Moby Dick, across the seven seas.
12) Muttketeer!
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 8
Language
English
Description
Locked out of the school while Joe and his friends are inside, Wishbone imagines himself as D'Artagnan, a young seventeenth-century Frenchman who achieves his dream of becoming one of the prestigious musketeers who guard the king and his court.
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 18
Language
English
Description
When Joe's team is in the running for the basketball playoffs, Wishbone is reminded not to judge people by size as he imagines himself as the seventeenth-century traveler, Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures included visits to Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants.
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 7
Language
English
Description
An intrigue involving the election for class president reminds Wishbone of The man in the iron mask. Imagining himself as Philippe, twin brother of the King of France, Wishbone must decide if he should risk everything to escape his iron mask and trade it for the king's crown.
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Joe gets a chance to prove himself as coach and discovers that it is not as easy as it seems, Wishbone is reminded of the tale in which a poor boy trades places with the crown prince of England, each one believing that the other has the easier life.
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Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 15
Language
English
Description
When Joe and David decide to use a computer to publish a sports newsletter that will outshine the one that the school produces, Wishbone is reminded of Mark Twain's story and imagines himself as Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who travels back in time to King Arthur's court.
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 5
Language
English
Description
During a fast-paced roller hockey game in which an awkward boy is humiliated by the other players, Wishbone imagines himself as Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, who defeats his enemies and saves the life of a beautiful gypsy.