- The Ribbajack
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name = The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns
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author =Brian Jacques
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language = English
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genre =Young Adult Fantasy
publisher =Philomel
pub_date = 2004
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media_type = Print (Hardcover )
pages = 168 pp (hardcover edition)
isbn = ISBN 0399242201
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followed_by ="The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns" is a fantasy book by
Brian Jacques , published in2004 . It was published the same year as the Redwall book (his more known fantasy series) Rakkety Tam. There are six tales in this book, all of them like the tales in "Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales ," by the same author. The titles are: "The Ribbajack", "A Smile and a Wave", "The All Ireland Champion Versus the Nye Add", "The Mystery of Huma D'Este", "Miggy Mags and the Malabar Sailor", and "Rosie's Pet."The "Ribba Jack" is also an ancient term for a physical appearance of ones worst fear. The Ribbajack (in the story) is a grotesque animal that is summoned by a person's anger to kill another.
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