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Article: Across the Blue Mountains.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Horn Book Magazine
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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Miss Bilberry has an almost perfect life. She lives in a lovely house next to the mountains and shares her days with her birds, cat, and dog. She gardens, reads, and eats a "light lunch on the veranda." The only problem is that Miss Bilberry wonders if her life would be better on the other side of the mountain. One day, she sets off to find out. She packs up her belongings and her dedicated pets and says good-bye to her home. The journey proves to be difficult; the day turns nasty; ...