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Maria, a ten‑year‑old orphan heiress, lives on the crumbling English estate of Malplaquet under the care of unpleasant guardians. One day she ventures onto a neglected island in the estate’s lake and encounters the descendants of Gulliver’s Lilliputians. The discovery reshapes her ordinary world, opening a realm of fantasy and adventure that a young reader can explore alongside Maria.
First publish date: December 10, 1987
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: T. H. White
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