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Born in 1892, Moojie is orphaned and abandoned as an infant into the care of the nuns of San Miguel de las Gaviotas. A childless couple, the Littlemans, adopt the crippled child, and all seems well in Moojie’s life as he finds himself loved by his new parents. His life changes drastically, however, when his mother is killed in an accident and his father is unable to cope with her loss. Moojie is sent to his maternal grandfather’s fainting goat dairy where he suffers under the opressive guardianship of the only relative willing to take care of him. While living and working on the farm, Moojie comes to meet the Light-Eaters, a mystical group of otherworldly beings living nearby whom his grandfather and the other villagers come to believe are native Hostiles. As Moojie slowly grows up, he continues to search for a family and a place to belong, and as he becomes close to the Light-Eaters he begins to see in them that potential. Only as tragedy strikes the village, and Moojie is given the choice of either following the desires of his own heart or sacrificing himself to save the innocent, he discovers that his first big step towards becoming a man includes accepting his own place within the mystical world he inhabits which results in his finding the family he has always sought.

Robin Gregory’s "The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman" stands as a potent reminder that literature has the capability of both telling a story and standing on its own two feet as a form of art. The book effectively transcends the usual limits of language as the wording of the narrative is vibrant, organic and alive. While many elements of the story and the protagonist are reminescent of classic orphan characters such as Dickens’ Pip and Oliver Twist or Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, the style in which the story is told, both the setting and structural prose, is more akin to the magical realism of García Márquez. Booksellers may try to categorize "The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman" as Young Adult or Coming-of-Age, but this book should not be defined as a simple bildungsroman any more than it should be confined to being read only by the adolescent. Moojie inhabits a world not unlike our own, but Gregory writes with enough depth to properly draw readers of any age into another reality where improbable wonders and miracles of the soul truly do exist.


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The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman Robin Gregory Books Reviews

First of all, I fell in love with the cover of THE IMPROBABLE WONDERS OF MOOJIE LITTLEMAN. It reminded me of the covers to the books of fairy tales I read as a child. Little Moojie’s picture brought to mind the porcelain Hummel figurines my mother brought with her when she immigrated from Holland. Thankfully, the cover didn’t mislead. It introduced a story similar to the one I had envisioned, what John Algeo calls “a modern and sophisticated version of the fairy tale.” I loved the beautiful language Robin Gregory used to tell Moojie’s story. Moojie who is no ordinary child. Moojie who experiences “terrible wonders” and sees otherworldly visitors, who have come to teach the way of peace. “If life were all sunshine and chocolate,” his mother tells him, “there wouldn’t be any saints, and we’d never find our way back to heaven.” Robin Gregory also includes visionary/metaphysical concepts such as “Whatever we envision clearly—as long as it is for the good of all—will appear.” Pick up Moojie Littleman and you’re in for a treat.
Moojie has so many strikes against him that survival of any kind seems improbable. He’s born with physical disabilities; is slow to talk and when he finally does, he stutters; he loses his mother and his father won’t have him; almost everyone taunts him; and he’s sent to live with a cantankerous grandfather at a place called St. Isidore’s Fainting Goat Dairy. If being named “Moojie” was the first curse, being sent to the dairy was just about the last straw.

But were more last straws to come.

His grandfather drinks, curses, works Moojie hard in spite of the young man’s weak legs and weak arms, constantly threatens to send him to an orphanage, and passionately has it out for the so-called “hostiles” who live in the surrounding forests.

While the hostiles first appear to have come from the land of faerie, Moojie discovers they’re a magical race tasked with demonstrating harmony in our world. He hopes their clan will accept him because, among other things, he has no true family to call his own. But will they trust him? He can scarcely trust himself. But he’s learning, and the realism of this process is well handled by the author.

Moojie, his grandfather, his meddlesome aunt, the clan members, and the townspeople are defined in spot-on detail. They have depth, though Moojie believes he’s shallow and inept at the beginning of this well-crafted and beautifully told tale. The book’s magical realism accentuates the abilities of the off-world clan family as well as the dormant gifts Moojie has been blessed (or possibly cursed) with.

Many will call this a coming-of-age novel. Yes it is. But that assessment is much too stale for such a fresh, rich story. The story is about making choices and the probable transformations that follow them. Other than a bit of sentimentality at the end, Robin Gregory’s novel is a wonder about wonders and highly recommended.
Born in 1892, Moojie is orphaned and abandoned as an infant into the care of the nuns of San Miguel de las Gaviotas. A childless couple, the Littlemans, adopt the crippled child, and all seems well in Moojie’s life as he finds himself loved by his new parents. His life changes drastically, however, when his mother is killed in an accident and his father is unable to cope with her loss. Moojie is sent to his maternal grandfather’s fainting goat dairy where he suffers under the opressive guardianship of the only relative willing to take care of him. While living and working on the farm, Moojie comes to meet the Light-Eaters, a mystical group of otherworldly beings living nearby whom his grandfather and the other villagers come to believe are native Hostiles. As Moojie slowly grows up, he continues to search for a family and a place to belong, and as he becomes close to the Light-Eaters he begins to see in them that potential. Only as tragedy strikes the village, and Moojie is given the choice of either following the desires of his own heart or sacrificing himself to save the innocent, he discovers that his first big step towards becoming a man includes accepting his own place within the mystical world he inhabits which results in his finding the family he has always sought.

Robin Gregory’s "The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman" stands as a potent reminder that literature has the capability of both telling a story and standing on its own two feet as a form of art. The book effectively transcends the usual limits of language as the wording of the narrative is vibrant, organic and alive. While many elements of the story and the protagonist are reminescent of classic orphan characters such as Dickens’ Pip and Oliver Twist or Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, the style in which the story is told, both the setting and structural prose, is more akin to the magical realism of García Márquez. Booksellers may try to categorize "The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman" as Young Adult or Coming-of-Age, but this book should not be defined as a simple bildungsroman any more than it should be confined to being read only by the adolescent. Moojie inhabits a world not unlike our own, but Gregory writes with enough depth to properly draw readers of any age into another reality where improbable wonders and miracles of the soul truly do exist.