Beneath the Hill
| Year of Publication |
1967
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
255 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Publisher |
Harcourt, Brace & World
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
During a scavenger hunt on her family’s farm, “Miggle” Arthur and her cousins meet a clan of Welsh fairies who convince the cousins that strip-mining near the farm is trouble. “[R]eminiscent of the books of C.S. Lewis,” says the Chicago Tribune, “poetic, wise, and suspenseful.”
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| Author Biography |
Jane Louise Curry (1932— ) was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and grew up in Kittanning, Armstrong County and Johnstown, Cambria County. She studied at Penn State, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, the University of London, and Stanford. She's written over 30 books for children and teens, especially plots that feature, she says, “time slips into the past, mystery, danger, and narrow escapes.” She divides her time between London and Los Angeles.
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| Time |
1960s
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