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THE LAST Leporid, by Shelley Thespian Thomas, Wendy Lamb Books, Feb. 9, 2021, Book, $16.99 (ages 8-12)
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Chapter One
I wasn’t always a rabbit--that much I can tell you.
Two years ago on this island, there were no rabbits at all. Just four girls, sisters, and a grumpy old man.
Before that, just the grumpy old man.
And then things . . . happened.
If you’re guessing that magic was involved, you’re correct.
Being a rabbit was not a bad thing, actually. Especially if a person liked carrots, lettuce, and other crispy green things. And fresh peas, perhaps the most perfect food on earth. (Not the kind that come in a tin and look like droppings.) Maybe being a rabbit was even better than being a girl. I had learned to be a good rabbit, after all.
I don’t know if I was a very good girl.
Now there were choices to make. If I stayed a rabbit, I could stay with the old man--we called him the Magician--and find a way to save the island. This was the hope that lulled me to sleep each night and greeted me when I awoke each morning.
If I didn’t remain a rabbit . . . well, that created all sorts of new problems. The biggest problem would soon return to the island, with big words like future and destiny and plans to take me away.
That problem’s name was the Boy.
When the Boy arrived, I wasn’t in the safety of my burrow. The Magician had planted quite a spring garden of sweet pe
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The Last Rabbit
During an alternate-reality WW2, four orphaned Irish sisters are placed on a magical, sinking island, where the youngest sister inadvertently turns them all into rabbits. Each must be separately conveyed by a boy and a boat from the island to find her destiny, where upon rabbit transforms back into a girl. The last rabbit is Albie, who doesn't want any more changes and is deeply invested in reuniting what is left of her family and making a life together in their old cottage in Cork. There are mysteries and threats and lots of odd encounters with magical beings and other talking animals that offer plenty of opportunities for bravery and humor. The themes of family and independence are explored but d