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When her brother, Milo, goes away to High Jerusalem, thirteen-year-old Magpie is on her own to face the Floating Heads, outrun the Goblins, save the moon, and retrieve the Miracle Water, in a wildly adventurous tale set in the Appalachian Mountains.
There are just things a girl turning thirteen has to do if she lives on Gabbard Mountain. Like track down her brother Milo, who went away to High Jerusalem and left his danged foot behind! And why not ride Sir William, the amazing hog, who is faster than a white tornado? Before this girl’s done, she faces the Floating Head, outruns Goblins, retrieves miracle water from Green Pond, gives her brother Randall back his grit, and gets those squabbling Sizemores and Gabbards together again. Oh, yes, and along the way Magpie saves the moon . . . and gets herself a beautiful beau! Now this is an original story!