Nix, Garth. <br/><br/>
One beastly beast :  (two aliens, three inventors, four fantastic tales) / 
 1 beastly beast :  (2 aliens, 3 inventors, 4 fantastic tales) 
by Garth Nix ; illustrated by Brian Biggs. 
 - 158 p. :  ill ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Blackbread the pirate -- The princess and the beastly beast -- Bill the inventor -- Serena and the sea. 
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<br/><br/> A collection of four fantasy tales in which a boy joins a strange navy in pursuit of video pirates, a neglected princess seeks adventure, an orphaned inventor seeks the perfect parents, and a genius girl faces a sea serpent. 
<br/><br/> 4.9  3-6 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060843199 (trade bdg.) 0060843195 (trade bdg.) 9780060843205 (lib. bdg.) 0060843209 (lib. bdg.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006027916 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's stories, Australian.<br/>Short stories.<br/>Fantasy.<br/>Short stories.<br/>Fantasy fiction.<br/>Short stories.<br/>Fantasy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fantasy fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.N647  / One 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>F NIX