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Little Fur

Isobelle Carmody (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesThe Legend of Little Fur #1
Setting
CSM age8
Goodreads3.71
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Animal Harm

Positive tags

AdventureQuestHealing ArcHopeful EndingProtector

Heroine archetypes

Outspoken HeroineReluctant Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Non-Human ProtagonistComing-of-Age ProtagonistOutcast / Loner

Tropes

Fish out of WaterQuestComing of AgeHidden IdentityReluctant HeroFound FamilyNon-Western SettingPortal Fantasy

Themes

Environmental ConservationBelongingIdentityCourageNature vs CivilizationAcceptance

Synopsis

When half-elf, half-troll Little Fur learns that servants of the troll king aim to destroy her beloved trees, she embarks on an ambitious and dangerous journey into the human world in hopes of saving not only the wilderness she calls home, but the very earth spirit itself.

Is Little Fur appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 8 and up.

A gentle middle grade fantasy about a half-elf, half-troll girl on a quest to save nature. Features mild peril and environmental themes with no violence beyond typical fantasy danger.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include animal harm.

Who'll love this

Kids will love following Little Fur's brave journey through magical forests and the human world to save the trees and creatures she loves.

Tags

Environmental FantasyTalking AnimalsQuest Fantasy