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"Tangerine trees grew wild everywhere. My father picked as many as he had room for, which was thirty-one, and started off to find Wild Island."
"He quickly ate seven tangerines and started down the beach."
"Then he took off his rubber boots and ate three more tangerines. He could have eaten twelve but he hadn't seen any tangerines on this island and he could not risk running out of something to eat."
Thank you!

I remember reading some children's fantasy story (perhaps around 2000? 2005? I do not recall exactly). The only things I remember about it are:
-The main character was a boy who went on adventures with a pet/friend dragon.
-A surprising percentage of the story's detail was spent on the main character eating the supply of tangerines he had brought along. The boy would begin the story by bringing seventeen tangerines, and then the book would stop and he would eat three of them. Then he would fly to another island or something and eat four more tangerines there.
I don't know if the tangerines were actually as large a portion of the book as I remember them being. I'm confident they were in it though. If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it.
Thank you!
Edited by aphyer