Little Red
Anna Sims
(Biggy Gaggle, April 17, 2012)
Little Red is a powerful, thought-provoking and ultimately heartening novel for teenagers and young adults. It’s a mystery story, a bit of a crime story, but most of all it’s a book about love and forming relationships – and about things coming good even when it seems life can’t get any worse.At its heart 13 year-old Julia, suddenly uprooted from everything and everyone that matters, is thrown into a new, hostile situation with big new problems to deal with and an unexpected lesson in life at the sharp end. A tightly drawn group of core characters pull you into a world where things (and people) aren’t always how they seem — prepare to have prejudices and preconceptions challenged as help, support and a strong streak of humour come from surprising places.There are plenty of questions about what’s happened, but as the answers emerge this book will leave people realising that no matter how big their muddle, there’s nothing that can’t be solved with a cuddle.