Dunc Breaks the Record

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Dunc Breaks the Record
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Dunc Breaks the Record first edition cover.
Author Gary Paulsen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCulpepper Adventures
Publisher Dell Publishing
Publication date
October 1, 1992
Media typePrint (paperback)
ISBN 0-440-40678-1
OCLC 26924944
Preceded by Dunc's Halloween  
Followed by Dunc and the Flaming Ghost  

Dunc Breaks the Record is the sixth novel in the Culpepper Adventures series by Gary Paulsen. It is about Dunc and Amos who while hang gliding, they manage to crash into the wilderness. It was published on October 1, 1992 by Dell Publishing.


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