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Name: Free Willy
Author: Todd Strasser

Eleven-year-old Jesse tries to find a way to free his new friend, a 7,000-pound killer whale named Willy, from a miserable existence as the star attraction at an amusement park.

First publish date: 1993

Authors: Todd Strasser

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