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10-19-2002, 01:32 PM
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"The White Mountains" by (???) Christopher?
Has anyone else read these books? I think htey got a Caldecott Medal or something back in the seventies and I'm not even sure if they are still being printed.
It was a series about some alien race who invaded earth, some pyramid-shaped behemoths who ended up adopting humans as pets. Anyone else familiar with these books?
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