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Ordinary Basil and The Island of the Volcano Monkeys by Wiley Miller

It isn't on any map and you'll never be able to find it. The geniuses in the floating city of Helios have used the advanced science of the ninth dimension to keep Monkey Island hidden. But Basil is about to break the rules and discover the island and all its shocking secrets. Can he save the world from a destructive madman?

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About The Author

Wiley Miller has always had one simple goal: "Produce the funniest, best-drawn cartoon possible, regardless of theme, subject matter or setting."

Wiley studied art at Virginia Commonwealth University and worked for several educational film studios in Los Angeles before joining the Greensboro, N.C., News & Record as staff artist/editorial cartoonist in 1976. After a stint at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat in California, he created his first syndicated strip, Fenton, in 1982. He returned to editorial cartooning three years later, joining the staff of the San Francisco Examiner.

In 1988, Wiley was named Best Editorial Cartoonist by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. He won the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for editorial cartooning in 1991.
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