414:
347:
134:. He can only surface in his submarine every seven years and no ship (or life preserver) that has him aboard can float within five miles of shore, and he cannot swim. If the captain gets ashore someone has to offer him a decent
115:, with his uncle, a hugely obese vending machine tester, when they are recruited by Professor Ambrose McFwain to join him on an expedition to find a sea monster called the Yobgorgle in
465:
439:
372:
398:
27:
233:
504:
499:
509:
458:
489:
198:
175:
Rebel
Bookseller: Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities
130:. He invites the search party on board and then locks them in. They learn that Captain Van Straaten has a curse on himself much like the
435:
368:
155:
declared it to be "(p)ure fun", with "preposterous craziness" that "bears the stamp of
Pinkwater's unstoppable, inspired imagination."
273:
391:
183:
86:
451:
494:
305:
484:
265:
384:
519:
226:
514:
26:
219:
173:
289:
127:
257:
135:
112:
58:
324:
354:
179:
81:
425:
358:
242:
100:
40:
131:
202:
151:
478:
421:
116:
139:
120:
142:(not floating), and then they procure the captain a corned beef sandwich.
413:
297:
211:
126:
The ship is almost self-sufficient and the crew consists of only
346:
215:
429:
362:
119:. They find the Yobgorgle and realize it is actually a
438:. Further suggestions might be found on the article's
371:. Further suggestions might be found on the article's
205:; published September 1, 1979; retrieved July 7, 2017
316:
249:
80:
72:
64:
54:
46:
36:
99:is a young adult comedy novel by American author
459:
392:
227:
8:
19:
466:
452:
399:
385:
282:Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario
234:
220:
212:
199:YOBGORGLE: MYSTERY MONSTER OF LAKE ONTARIO
96:Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario
25:
18:
436:See guidelines for writing about novels
369:See guidelines for writing about novels
164:
138:within 24 hours. They get to shore by
68:1979 (Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books)
7:
410:
408:
343:
341:
428:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
361:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
274:Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars
103:. It was first published in 1979.
14:
412:
345:
111:A boy named Eugene is visiting
505:Rochester, New York in fiction
500:Novels set in New York (state)
306:The Education of Robert Nifkin
1:
510:1970s young adult novel stubs
266:The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
123:in the shape of a giant pig.
16:1979 book by Daniel Pinkwater
490:American young adult novels
536:
407:
340:
24:
178:. Seven Stories Press.
172:Laties, Andrew (2011).
495:American comedy novels
290:The Worms of Kukumlima
420:This article about a
353:This article about a
485:1979 American novels
258:The Big Orange Splot
136:corned beef sandwich
128:Captain Van Straaten
113:Rochester, New York
59:Young adult fiction
21:
520:Comedy novel stubs
424:of the 1970s is a
357:of the 1970s is a
325:Norb (comic strip)
515:1970s novel stubs
447:
446:
380:
379:
355:young adult novel
335:
334:
92:
91:
527:
468:
461:
454:
416:
409:
401:
394:
387:
349:
342:
243:Daniel Pinkwater
236:
229:
222:
213:
206:
196:
190:
189:
169:
101:Daniel Pinkwater
50:Daniel Pinkwater
41:Daniel Pinkwater
29:
22:
535:
534:
530:
529:
528:
526:
525:
524:
475:
474:
473:
472:
406:
405:
338:
336:
331:
312:
245:
240:
210:
209:
197:
193:
186:
171:
170:
166:
161:
148:
132:Flying Dutchman
109:
32:
17:
12:
11:
5:
533:
531:
523:
522:
517:
512:
507:
502:
497:
492:
487:
477:
476:
471:
470:
463:
456:
448:
445:
444:
417:
404:
403:
396:
389:
381:
378:
377:
350:
333:
332:
330:
329:
320:
318:
314:
313:
311:
310:
302:
294:
286:
278:
270:
262:
253:
251:
247:
246:
241:
239:
238:
231:
224:
216:
208:
207:
203:Kirkus Reviews
201:, reviewed at
191:
184:
163:
162:
160:
157:
152:Kirkus Reviews
147:
144:
108:
105:
90:
89:
84:
78:
77:
74:
70:
69:
66:
62:
61:
56:
52:
51:
48:
44:
43:
38:
34:
33:
30:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
532:
521:
518:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
482:
480:
469:
464:
462:
457:
455:
450:
449:
443:
441:
437:
433:
431:
427:
423:
418:
415:
411:
402:
397:
395:
390:
388:
383:
382:
376:
374:
370:
366:
364:
360:
356:
351:
348:
344:
339:
327:
326:
322:
321:
319:
315:
308:
307:
303:
300:
299:
295:
292:
291:
287:
284:
283:
279:
276:
275:
271:
268:
267:
263:
260:
259:
255:
254:
252:
248:
244:
237:
232:
230:
225:
223:
218:
217:
214:
204:
200:
195:
192:
187:
185:9781609803377
181:
177:
176:
168:
165:
158:
156:
154:
153:
145:
143:
141:
137:
133:
129:
124:
122:
118:
114:
106:
104:
102:
98:
97:
88:
87:9780395289709
85:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
60:
57:
53:
49:
45:
42:
39:
35:
31:First edition
28:
23:
434:
430:expanding it
422:comedy novel
419:
367:
363:expanding it
352:
337:
323:
304:
296:
288:
281:
280:
272:
264:
256:
194:
174:
167:
150:
149:
140:hydroplaning
125:
117:Lake Ontario
110:
107:Plot summary
95:
94:
93:
328:(1989-1990)
47:Illustrator
479:Categories
159:References
20:Yobgorgle
440:talk page
373:talk page
146:Reception
121:submarine
65:Published
317:Related
76:156 pp.
309:(1998)
301:(1990)
298:Borgel
293:(1981)
285:(1979)
277:(1979)
269:(1977)
261:(1977)
182:
37:Author
250:Books
73:Pages
55:Genre
426:stub
359:stub
180:ISBN
82:ISBN
481::
467:e
460:t
453:v
442:.
432:.
400:e
393:t
386:v
375:.
365:.
235:e
228:t
221:v
188:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.