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Reviewed on December 1, 1992
Gr 6-Up Avebury, Ohio (population 207), seems to be plagued by more than its share of the down-tending, dragging force that pulls objects toward the Earth and has a similar effect on the emotions and spirit. Mediocrity and boredom infect the town and its citizens, most of whom labor in a dreary shoe factory. Enter Dr. Gravity, a native son whose early life was a series of clumsy mishaps until he discovered, in a remote Swiss mountaintop laboratory, a formula for countering gravity's mischievious effects. Indeed, Dr. Gravity's miraculous fin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



