The Lost Flower Children, Janet Taylor Lisle
The Lost Flower Children, Janet Taylor Lisle
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The Lost Flower Children

Author: Janet Taylor Lisle

Narrator: Caitlin Davies

Unabridged: 2 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2012

Synopsis

Motherless Olivia and Nellie go to live with their elderly Great-Aunt Minty, who knows little about children, but a lot about her overgrown garden. Then one day, Olivia finds an old teacup in a flowerbed—and later, an old story about eight children transformed into flowers. Only the person who finds their teacups can bring them back. Now the two sisters know what they must do.

About Janet Taylor Lisle

Janet Taylor Lisle is the author of several acclaimed novels for young readers, including The Art of Keeping Cool, winner of the Scott O’Dell Award, and these five School Library Journal Best Books of the Year: Sirens and Spies, The Lampfish of Twill Forest, A Message from the Match Girl, The Lost Flower Children, and Afternoon of the Elves, a Newbery Honor Book. She lives with her family on the coast of Rhode Island.

About Caitlin Davies

Caitlin Davies is a New York City–based actor and audiobook narrator who studied acting at the Eugene O’Neill National Institute, the British American Drama Academy, and the Barrow Group. She specializes in audiobooks for teens and young adults.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hilary on February 19, 2023

This sat on our shelves for years, I didn't realise this would be one of those stories that has so much for any age. Two young girls have lost their mother, they are traumatised and their father has to travel to work. They go to stay with an elderly aunt who was once a famous gardener. They discover......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on December 04, 2019

When nine-year-old Olivia and her five-year-old sister Nellie’s mother dies, their father sends them to live with their great-aunt Minty. This arrangement seems less than promising to Olivia, who worries about the demanding and difficult Nellie. When the girls find a beautiful blue teacup in Aunt Mi......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on March 10, 2012

This gentle read is a wonderful family story.......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on May 25, 2012

Olivia and her complicated little sister Nellie have lost their mother, and their salesman father has to leave them with their Great Aunt Minty while he travels. 5 year old Nellie is coping with the loss by hedging herself around with rules and obsessive behaviours, which Olivia has to safeguard and......more

Goodreads review by Robin on August 17, 2017

Sweet story. Lovely illustrations.......more

Quotes

“In this short tale, Lisle has created a warmly satisfying story of lost things—and people—waiting to be found.” School Library Journal (starred review)

“Humorous, poignant, and magical, this story has a fantastical, creative story-within-a-story, characters of depth and appeal, and an irresistible mystery resulting in personal transformation.” Booklist (starred review)

“A tale that seamlessly weaves the longings of two motherless children with the possibilities of the imagination.” Kirkus Reviews

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