Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines [Paperback]

Margery Sharp (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Dell Pub Co (May 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440457173
• ISBN-13: 978-0440457176
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,527,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I still remember this book 35 years after reading it! It's that good., December 7, 2005

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C. Lamont "musician" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines (Paperback)

As you may have gathered from the animated 'Rescuers' series, this is a book about mice, or more specifically about Mouse. Miss Bianca is well-represented by whichever of the Gabors it is that does her voice in the movies; she is just that kind of mouse. When traveling by air, she goes by diplomatic pouch; all her little mouse things are described quite cunningly the same way Stuart Little's are by E.B.White. She is a member on active duty of thhe Rescue Aid Society, which organization rescues children who are prematurely aged from misfortune, not developmentally delayed as in the movies. I remember <u>Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines</u> quite well; a little girl is stuck in a crystalline salt mine where she waits on a Duchess, whose entire china set is made of crystal. As I'm writing this I'm wondering if maybe I missed some double meanings because it sounds so implausible. The Duchess has ratty white hair which our orphan must brush with a crystal-backed brush; the Duchess has a walking stick with a huge crystal (a diamond?) on top of it with which she raps at the orphan. I guess I don't remember it quite as well as I thought. I will say that the entire <U>Miss Bianca</U> series is outstanding!