Nate even takes on the all-powerful school board

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ernest Cline comes a mostly true tall tale about an unexpected friendship between a young girl and a music-loving colony of bats

Will she and Noah have to share a room

she won't be able to go it alone

He loves the sounds

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