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Manford of MorningGlory Mountain Drawing

About the book:

In Book 3, The Seven Who Could Not Be, Manford and his friends are sent on a vital quest:

They don't know what they're looking for.

They don't know where to look.

They don't know what to do with whatever they find if they find it.

But there are clues, and puzzles, and secrets. The adventurers, now known as the Circle of Seven, unravel each mystery as they encounter it and gradually find enough information to make sense of their mission.

Part 1, Hidden Mountain Passageways, takes them inside a mountain. They explore caverns and cracks, follow clues one to another, meet characters that make their life easier or more difficult, and struggle with adversaries who seek to stop them. In the process, they find out WHAT they're looking for.

Part 2, The Long Winding Valley, follows their 1,200-mile walk through a strange valley. They pass through hundreds of miles of empty wilderness and through scattered towns each completely different in design and purpose. Clues get more baffling. Foes enthusiastically increase the pressure. The adventurers vanish at book's end, gradually fading away to some unknown destination. But they now know WHERE to look, if they could only get there.

In Part 3, The Way to the Iron Rose, they travel to a succession of strange worlds. Barriers become seemingly insurmountable. Enemies grow confident that our heroes' long and puzzling quest is doomed to failure. But the adventurers persist. They carry on day after day to complete the tasks set for them, to find the object they seek, and learn what to do with it.

Manford and his friends portray basic, wholesome values and show how common sense, hard work, and cooperation can win the day. They do not bicker or fight. They do not wait for someone else to solve their problems. They work together toward their goal using their own skills and natural abilities (some can fly, some are strong, some can crawl under things). They show how a team succeeds when it takes advantage of what each member does best.

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