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“Right then and there it happens: I feel like a Munchkin. There’s a wonderful moment when Julia first slips into her Munchkin shoes, made by Mrs. Together, these adults form a makeshift community for Julia - a family linked not by blood, but by artistic passion and purpose. Julia also grows close to the marvelously grandiose director, Shawn Barr. Chang’s support for the production comes with a demand, and Julia learns that the person she initially dismissed as a “boring old lady who spent a lot of time growing flowers” is intriguing.

Yan Chang, a 76-year-old neighbor, turns out to be an “insanely talented” costume designer. Julia chooses to spend most of her time with Olive, who turns out to be both inspiring and powerfully intuitive every time Julia’s confidence falters, Olive senses her discomfort and guides her, often with barely a word.īefore long, Julia has befriended other adults, too. One of these adults, Olive Cortez, is stylish and confident - at ease in her body and on the stage. To her dismay, Julia earns the part of a Munchkin, along with other local children and three adults with dwarfism.

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Her mother, however, insists that she accompany her younger brother to an audition for a semiprofessional production of “The Wizard of Oz,” directed by a former Broadway luminary.Įditors at The Times Book Review selected the best fiction and nonfiction titles of the year. Julia considers herself the human version of a terrier: small, but tough.Īs summer vacation begins, Julia has just two objectives: to avoid moping about her size, and to grieve for her late, beloved dog, Ramon. She’s also very short - so tiny she can fit through her family’s dog door.

Abandons books half-finished, sneaks coffee, has been known to feed her younger brother dog treats, and is refreshingly unambitious - at least when it comes to household chores, math, Girl Scouts, piano, soccer, writing letters and wearing sunscreen. She’s literal, oddly formal for a child, with an understated (and often unintentional) humor. Julia Marks is a quirky, enjoyable main character. In many ways, Sloan’s latest work of middle-grade fiction, “Short,” continues these traditions. “Appleblossom the Possum” explored a marsupial’s-eye view of the human world. “Counting by 7s” featured an idiosyncratic 12-year-old genius grieving the death of her adoptive parents. Holly Goldberg Sloan has a knack for creating standout protagonists, placing them in unexpected circumstances, surrounding them with vivid secondary casts, and exploring what it means to lose, and to choose, one’s community.