Book Descriptions
for Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles de Lint
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Fourteen-year-old T. J. has just moved with her family from their farm to the suburbs, and she’s lost both her best friend and her adored horse. Introverted T. J. is mired in self-pity. Elizabeth, on the other hand, is vocal about her feelings. A sixteen-year-old blue-haired punk, Elizabeth is defiant and proud of it, running away from home despite her parents’ warnings to be cautious. The world holds many dangers for Elizabeth, a “Little” person, only six inches tall. When T. J. and Elizabeth meet, they soon discover they have much in common, despite their obvious physical differences. When Elizabeth is inadvertently abducted by a gang of delinquents, quiet T. J. risks danger to rescue her new friend. Contemporary reality meets a fantastical underworld of magic, inhabited by goblins, gnomes, fairies, and, of course, Littles in a richly imagined tale. Fans of Charles De Lint will welcome this return to Newford, the fictional city featured in several of the author’s other works, including The Blue Girl (Viking, 2004). (Ages 11–15)
CCBC Choices 2008. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
When fourteen-year-old TJ and her family are forced to move from their farm to the suburbs, she has to give up her beloved horse, Red—but she makes a surprising new friend. Elizabeth is a “Little,” a six-inch-high punked-out teen with an attitude, who has run away from home to make her way in the world. TJ and Elizabeth—the Big and the Little—soon become friends, but each quickly finds herself in a truly life-threatening situation, and they are unable to help each other. Little (Grrl) Lostis a delightful combination of realism, magic, humor, and hope, and is sure to win Charles de Lint many new teen and adult fans.
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