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A sweet and hilarious chapter book about a boy and a bat, two unlikely friends who bond over loneliness, jellyrolls and Darth Vader.

Daniel Misumi has just moved to a new house. It's big and old and far away from his friends and his life before. AND it's haunted .…

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1 author picked Megabat as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Two words: talking bat. Daniel has just moved to a new house and he does not want to be there. Then he starts to hear dripping.

When he investigates, he discovers a crying bat who also happens to...talk. Together, they come up with some wild plans to get the bat back home to Borneo. My kid laughed and asked to keep reading even when he could have watched TV instead! 

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