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Beyond the Blue River
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Every time GRACE – City Auto for Hire No. SD 013422 hears the Blue River tune, she gets a funny feeling. What is the Blue River? Why does it affect her so deeply? What lies beyond it? One day Grace revs up her engine and sets out to find out. Encountering new worlds, creatures, ways of life, and languages, it is a journey with experiences that range from the fun to the funny to the philosophical, with answers that lead to more questions. Part adventure, part mystery, this captivating fantasy novel transforms the story of a perfectly mundane mechanical creature into a metaphor for human existence.
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Every time GRACE – City Auto for Hire No. SD 013422 hears the Blue River tune, she gets a funny feeling. What is the Blue River? Why does it affect her so deeply? What lies beyond it? One day Grace revs up her engine and sets out to find out. Encountering new worlds, creatures, ways of life, and languages, it is a journey with experiences that range from the fun to the funny to the philosophical, with answers that lead to more questions. Part adventure, part mystery, this captivating fantasy novel transforms the story of a perfectly mundane mechanical creature into a metaphor for human existence.
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