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In this equally entertaining sequel to My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!), eleven-year-old Stan finds the father he's been searching for, which presents a moral dilemma as Stan realizes the man is less than honorable. Set in rural Michigan in 1895, quirky advertisements and illustrations from the period, embellished with Stan's witty comments, dot the scrapbook-like pages. The larger-than-life characters include strong female roles.