City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Looking for Lily, Kristy Nita Brown ; illustrated by Alison Mutton

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Looking for Lily

Kristy Nita Brown ; illustrated by Alison Mutton

Talia, Marri, Lily and Dawn are teeny-tiny, just like dragonflies. But unlike a dragonfly, these sprites have attitude! In their hollowed-out log next to the farm dam, they blow off steam by screaming, jumping and fluttering around in circles in their very own pint-sized heavy metal band. But not everyone at the farm are fans of the sprites' heavy metal music. The old rainbow trout who live at the bottom of the dam complain about the vibrations. Their silvery-pink heads throb! They demand that Winston, the oldest trout, swims up to the log and gives Talia a talking-to ... because enough is enough! But when Winston arrives, Talia has more important things to worry about. Lily, one of her siblings, is missing. After discovering a magpie feather, this tiny crew of headbangers fear the worst and devises a plan to get Lily back. They fly across the dam and into the apple orchard to confront the nasty magpie. But on the way, Talia's plans are derailed when an argument with Winston goes from bad to worse and he is sucked over the edge of the dam and into the middle of their scary adventure. With no other option but to work together, they journey into the orchard to save Lily, battling rushing waters, snapping claws, falling apples and booby traps along the way, risking themselves to save each other. But are they too late?

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