Great Children's book.
Suggested for anyone wanting a quick readthat includes engaging characters. ( )

I think I may have read part of this before, maybe as a short story... It's cute and somewhat fluffy, but a decent urban faerie tale. ( )

14-year old TJ has just moved with her family to the suburbs from her farm. In her new house she discovers little people - called "Littles" - living in her floorboards. She befriends the 17-year old Little, Elizabeth. When they discover an author who has written about Littles will be doing a book signing at a local bookstore, they set out to meet her, with Elizabeth hiding in TJ's backpack. Unfortunately, before they get there. TJ is bullied by some boys and her backpack stolen from her. TJ must find Elizabeth, while at the same time, trying to keep the secret of the Littles' existence.

I really liked this. The story flipped back and forth between TJ and Elizabeth after they got separated, and mostly I enjoyed TJ's story a bit more, but really it was all good. Even though I'm not a big fantasy fan, I think the fact that it was a modern setting with some magical/fantasy characters made it easier for me to enjoy. I don't know if there's a sequel - de Lint did tie it up, but I still think there are threads he could pick up on to continue, so I'll have to look into that. ( )

De Lint compares Elizabeth and her tiny family to the characters from Mary Norton's The Borrowers series. This is a mistake, because it reminded me of how much more I liked those. The story was good in spots, but spent too much time meandering around. And what's up with this suburban mall the characters go to? Gangs of marauding teenagers and sexual predators are wandering around in the middle of the afternoon, and no one seems to feel the police, or at least mall security, should be informed? ( )

This one was alright. Wasn't what I was expecting it to be and I think that is what ruined it for me, was me thinking it was going to go somewhere else. It's not really the books fault.

I bought this solely on the cover art. Go me! ( )