So I read Charles de Lint's new book "Little (Grrl) Lost" this weekend. Like "The Blue Girl" before it, it is a Young Adult book published by Viking. T.J. is a fourteen-year-old girl whose family has had to move from their farm out in Tyson to the northern suburbs of Newford. She discovers a punky Little named Elizabeth who has decided to run away from home. Home being inside the walls of T.J.'s new home. Anything else you want to know you will have to read for yourself.

One of the thing I like best about de Lint's work is his portrayal of the various beings collectively known as faerie. Somehow his descriptions of their temperaments and trickiness seem authentic to me in a way that other authors' works don't. The book does takes place in Newford, but these are all new characters to get to know.

I had thought about giving a full-on book review but I don't think it's necessary. If you like de Lint's work, you'll like this book. If you've never read him, you'll like this book. I was completely absorbed for the day-and-a-half it took me to read it (I had to eat and sleep and stuff). Go check it out.


Peace,
Windhawk