While playing a game of ‘Blind Man’s Buff’ with his child friends on his Birthday, ten-year-old Everett loses his footing and tumbles down a large steep hill. From here on, a fantastical dream-like adventure begins.
In this surreal world, Everett encounters a pompous Lyrebird with unreasonable paradoxical questions, the eccentric Queen Star, Cassiopeia as she conducts the odd beauty lesson, The Hanged Man who only views everything from an upside down perspective, a disgruntled Cane Toad and his large possession of antiques, and in the strange case of mistaken identity, Everett, himself being confused as Goldilocks by The Three Bears, along with a plethora of other bizarre characters in strange and amusing situations.
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Summary
From: Estelle
Book Title: Beyond a Large Steep Hill
Book Author: Leigh Belrose
What do you like about this book:
An enchanting children's novel and entertaining to read. A whimsical adventure story that I think children of all ages will enjoy. It's also quite original and has a dream-like quality to it. Highly recommended! 5 stars.
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