In a city full of giants, can one tiny girl find her way home?
She is a girl three inches tall with eyes like drops of dew. Her clothes are cut from handkerchiefs and stitched with spider silk. For half her life, she has been suspended in a birdcage while Gulliver, her giant kidnapper, sits below her, writing in a leather-bound book the size of a house.
Her name is Lily, and tonight she is planning her 35th escape attempt. She is going to find a way to get home. To Lilliput.
Inspired by Gulliver's Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating and imaginative adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clock makers, and talkative parrots. Join Lily as she travels through eighteenth-century London—over rooftops, down chimneys, and into chocolate shops—on a journey to find the one place in the world where she belongs...home.
"Readers who enjoy adventure and visiting new places will want to meet Lily."—School Library Journal
"Cliffhanger chapter endings and vibrant language should quickly ensnare readers of this suspenseful takeoff from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. . . This literate romp through 18th-century London will have readers cheering Lily home."—Publishers Weekly
"This delightful adventure inspired by Gulliver's Travels will appeal to budding fantasy readers – and position them for the source material later on."—Kirkus Reviews
"This 'sequel' to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is equal parts escape tale and philosophical exploration of freedom."—Booklist
Sam Gayton received a master's degree in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. A playwright and novelist, he is the author of several middle grade novels. He lives in England.
Alice Ratterree began her career in music, as a classically trained singer working in operatic, concert and oratorio venues. Her work has been featured in greeting cards, children's books, and original paintings and drawings. She lives in South Carolina.
In a city full of giants, can one tiny girl find her way home?
She is a girl three inches tall with eyes like drops of dew. Her clothes are cut from handkerchiefs and stitched with spider silk. For half her life, she has been suspended in a birdcage while Gulliver, her giant kidnapper, sits below her, writing in a leather-bound book the size of a house.
Her name is Lily, and tonight she is planning her 35th escape attempt. She is going to find a way to get home. To Lilliput.
Inspired by Gulliver's Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating and imaginative adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clock makers, and talkative parrots. Join Lily as she travels through eighteenth-century London—over rooftops, down chimneys, and into chocolate shops—on a journey to find the one place in the world where she belongs...home.
Praise
"Readers who enjoy adventure and visiting new places will want to meet Lily."—School Library Journal
"Cliffhanger chapter endings and vibrant language should quickly ensnare readers of this suspenseful takeoff from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. . . This literate romp through 18th-century London will have readers cheering Lily home."—Publishers Weekly
"This delightful adventure inspired by Gulliver's Travels will appeal to budding fantasy readers – and position them for the source material later on."—Kirkus Reviews
"This 'sequel' to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is equal parts escape tale and philosophical exploration of freedom."—Booklist
Author
Sam Gayton received a master's degree in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. A playwright and novelist, he is the author of several middle grade novels. He lives in England.
Alice Ratterree began her career in music, as a classically trained singer working in operatic, concert and oratorio venues. Her work has been featured in greeting cards, children's books, and original paintings and drawings. She lives in South Carolina.
