Little (Grrl) Lost, by Charles de Lint, (Viking, 2007)

T.J.’s still getting over her family moving from the countryside to the Newford suburbs, and she’s not taking it well at all. Unexpectedly, she finds an unlikely friend and ally in Elizabeth, who’s several years older, likewise at odds with her family, and only six inches tall. A Little trying to make it in the world of the Bigs, Elizabeth is prickly, sarcastic, and annoying, but the two manage to get along. That is, until they’re separated in a moment of ill luck, while trying to find an author who can possibly help reunite Elizabeth with her family. Now T.J. is stuck fending for herself in some very dangerous parts of Newford, while Elizabeth undertakes a hazardous odyssey of her own. Told in alternating voices as the two girls try to survive and fulfill their individual goals, Little (Grrl) Lost is an entertaining, magic-filled tale about growing up (a little) and finding one’s place in the world, as only de Lint can tell it.


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