The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman

By Robin Gregory

Moojie Littleman is an unusual boy with an unusual talent—he's disabled and has miraculous healing powers. After being left by his widower father at St. Isidore's Fainting Goat Dairy, he's determined to recreate a family of his own.

Can a boy who has never fit in join a clan of otherworldly beings mistaken for renegade Native Americans?

Through a series of misadventures, Moojie is called to a great destiny ... if only he can survive one last terrifying trial.

Welcome to the mythical 1900s world of mayhem and merriment, where miracles are as real as extraterrestrials, and noxious spirits roam the ancestral site of decimated American Indians. From screenwriter and award-winning novelist, Robin Gregory, comes a masterful début about family and first love—brimming with compassion, lyrical magic, and originality.

Winner of 22 awards, including Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of the Year.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robin Gregory
• Release date: May 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781942545019

Robin Gregory

Robin Gregory was born in Florida and raised in California with seven siblings, and in the company of cowboys, crawdads, and the occasional rattlesnake. When not writing magical realist novels and screenplays, she likes to hike in the wilderness, listen to difficult jazz, talk with angels, and watch Guillermo del Toro films.Her début, young adult novel, The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman, is about a disabled, orphan boy with healing powers who befriends an otherworldly clan. It won 22 awards, including Kirkus Reviews, Indiefab, IPPY Best Books of the Year. Chinese and Turkish translations to be released Summer, 2018.Mrs. Gregory studied Creative Writing and Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Stanford University’s Writer’s Workshop. Her professional experience includes journalist, minister, and mapmaker.What are her favorite things? Saints with potty-mouths, children under the dinner table, the classics, and corn chips.Presently, she lives in California with two comedians, her husband and son.

Reviews for The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman

[sugar_diva · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I got this book in exchange for a review, which as of right now I can only partially give as my eReader iso giving me grief and I have not yet be able to finish it. However before it acted up I was about 75% through the book and I was enjoying it. Its kind of like, Benjamin Button meets Forrest Gump. Little Moojie seems like he's out of his element and is running ahead of everyone else. He is so smart but also slow on the reaction. His imagination and determination is amazing and his development through the story is very well done. He meets so many different and interesting people through his adventures who all carry so many varying talents and abilities the story doesn't get dull. I look forward to finishing the adventure soon. Thank you for the opportunity to read this.

[pollymig · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I liked Moojie, he overcame so much to become a hero. Written with great creativity and fascinating characters, Ms. Gregory has given us a fantasy world to enjoy. Recommended reading.

[susankrzywicki · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I should know better: don't even try magic realism. It just isn't something I can understand.

[cricket2014-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a story about Love, forgiveness and coming of age.Moojie starts his life in an orphanage and is adopted by his mother and father. But his mother dies in a freak accident leaving Moojie and his father alone. Father doesn't accept the boy because Moojie doesn't talk or walk like a normal child. His father leaves him to live at St. Isadore's Fainting Goat Dairy. There Moojie befriends a group of "Light-Eaters" that teach him about life".This is an excellent first book by Robin Gregory. The characters and imagery come to life on the page. And I felt like I was there besides Moojie with all his problems. I would recommend this book to everyone.I won this book in a LibraryThing member giveaway.

[sportzmomof5 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved this book and highly recommend it!I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.

[swingdancefan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Overall, I enjoy magical realism, and this book definitely fits into that genre. It has the same “taste” as The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow, but I enjoyed that book more than this one.Moojie, as the protagonist, develops nicely, becoming a more well-rounded, compassionate human being as the plot unfolds. It is the qualities he develops in order to leave with the Light-Eaters (his wish) that enables him to make the crucial choice at the climax of the story. His life is not easy, but it is rewarding.The cryptic conversations of the Light-Eaters drive Moojie—and me—nuts. I don’t know if the author was just trying to be clever and not give anything away, but they were a little too incomprehensible at times.Secondary characters, like Pappy, are microcosms of both the fictitious setting and the world in which we presently live.Narrative is well done, nice figurative language, and the text is well edited. There are times at which the pace is a little slow, and this, combined with the occasionally puzzling elements, make this a book that is not for everyone. I will probably not feel compelled to read it again.Possible Objectionable Material:Ridicule of handicapped or disadvantaged people. Lying. Some violence, including the shooting of an animal and an abusive relationship. Minor cursing.Who Might Like This Book:Fans of magical realism. Those who like coming of age. Strong readers in the target group of middle grades to young adults. I think this book will appeal to both genders equally. Approximate Lexile: 820Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC.