Little Apocalypse by Katherine Sparrow
Published by HarperCollins on March 12th 2019
ISBN: 006284976X
Pages: 336
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Little Apocalypse

 

When an earthquake strikes and separates Celia from her very protective parents and their list of rules, Celia enters another world with monsters who are only visible to children under fourteen years old.  She had always been troubled by her lack of friends but now she becomes known as the Doom Girl who may be able to save the children known as “Littles” who have been attacked by the “Bigs”.  When a Little smells a human the urge to bite or strike them is almost too much to resist.  One of the Littles who is attempting to save the other Littles from turning into vicious Bigs is Demetri.  He and Celia work together to save the Littles, even to the detriment of their own bodies.

The idea of those who have been attacked as children turning into monsters who attack other children was very similar to the cycle of abuse with those who are physically, sexually, or emotionally scarred as children sometimes becoming abusers as adults.

This book is recommended for children ages 8-12.

 

Reviewed by Ellen Spring, Oceanside High School, Rockland