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The hobbit, or, there and back again

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ages 8–17 · Grades 3–12 · 300 pages · 2012

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About the book

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

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Ages 8–17 · Grades 3–12

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