Magpie Gabbard and the Quest for the Buried Moon

Dear Reader,

You have probably heard by now about how my daddy made a deal with the moon when I was born, about our magical hog Wild Bill, and how I had to go after my precious brother Milo to return his foot. It was the only thing I could do, given the circumstances.

I don't know, though, if you have heard about how us Gabbards and Sizemores have been feuding, or how both us feuding families put aside our considerable differences to outthink the Cob Hollow Goblins and save the moon. That was no easy matter.

If this sounds like a tall tale, you may be right. But then again you may be confronting a Gabbard Mountain truth – and that is something to think about.

Most sincerely,
Magpie Gabbard

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!