Magpie Gabbard and the Quest for the Buried Moon

By Keehn, Sally M.

Publishers Summary:
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!

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ISBN
978-0-39924-340-0
Publisher
Philomel


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 2007

Gr 5-8 On the day she was born, Margaret Magpie Gabbard was given a legacy from her grandpa-a cussedness to carry on the fight against the no-good Sizemore clan forever-and a prophecy, by the Moon herself, to rise above the fighting, put her cussedness to good use, and "save us all." Thirteen years later, on October 2, 1872, Magpie calls upon her "magical birthday sparkles" to aid her travels "down-mountain," from eastern Kentucky into Tennessee to return her brother's foot. This puts the prophecy i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

This rollicking Kentucky tale, full of strange events and characters, is as peculiar as it is wonderful. New...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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