I'm reading reviews on goodreads of Jodi Lynn Anderson's new book, Tiger Lily.
In which there's a shaman named Tik Tok who also happens to be Tiger Lily's adoptive father, and, a guy the same age as Tiger Lily... His name is Pine Sap.
According to reviewers, Tiger Lily is shunned because her tribe thinks she is cursed. They also shun Pine Sap because he's very small (physically) and to them, that's not ok...
The first lines in the publisher's promo for the book:
"Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . ."
Crow feather in her hair?
Reading some of it at the HarperCollins site, I see that Tiger Lily is of the "Sky Eaters" tribe. She stands out because she's like a cross between a roving panther and a girl. She stalks instead of walks. And, because she's female, she's out in a field when the story opens, cultivating tubers, because that is a woman's job.
I don't have an ARC. If someone wants to send me theirs, send me an
email and I'll send the mailing address. The book is due out on July
3rd.
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