What would you do if you could switch genders for a night? What powers would you gain? What would you lose? And who would you be if you could change how you are perceived? Winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary prize for young readers, Girls Lost is a YA-crossover thriller exploring these questions, following three teenage girlfriends: Kim, Bella, and Momo, whose developing bodies have become objects of abuse, both verbal and physical, by their male classmates. Scared and uncomfortable, the girls often hide away in Bella’s greenhouse. One day, the three friends plant a strange seed in the greenhouse, and in a few days, a shimmering, magical flower blossoms. Intrigued, they drink the nectar from the flower, and suddenly find themselves transformed from girls to boys. The girls return night after night to drink from the flower, and as they fall deeper into the boy’s world, they discover a new reality, one of power and violence, of gangs and drugs. In this tale, the body is a battlefield, and masculinity as a drug Brilliantly poetic and deeply poignant, this magical story was adapted into an internationally-renowned feature film exploring how we shape our identity, and how we cope with our own transformations.
Kim, Momo e Bella, quattordici anni, sono inseparabili. Durante uno dei loro ritrovi serali nella meravigliosa serra di Bella, le tre ragazze assaggiano il nettare di una misteriosa pianta e succede l’incredibile: i loro corpi si trasformano, perdono le forme femminili, diventano quelli di tre ragazzi. Maschi. Spaventate ed elettrizzate, Kim, Momo e Bella si precipitano fuori e corrono nella notte, sperimentando una sensazione mai provata prima: in questi loro nuovi corpi, non sono più oggetto di scherno e di desiderio; nessuno fischia o lancia commenti al loro indirizzo. Sono quasi invisibili: libere e forti. Per un po’ le tre amiche conducono un’eccitante doppia vita: di giorno, nei loro corpi femminili, subiscono le attenzioni verbali e fisiche dei compagni; di notte, nei loro corpi virili, frequentano una gang di teppisti incontrata nel parco. Mentre però Momo e Bella abbandonano presto il gioco, Kim non può più farne a meno. La sua identità notturna è per lei come una droga. Tony, il capo della gang, ogni notte la trascina in imprese sempre più pericolose: l’adrenalina li unisce, li rende una cosa sola. Tony cerca sempre e solo la compagnia di Kim ragazzo, e lui/lei trae la sua linfa vitale da quella complicità sempre più forte. Il fiore magico però soffre di questo costante prelievo di nettare inizia a deperire. L’amicizia delle tre ragazze scricchiola e la notte il gioco diventa sempre più pericoloso...
What would you do if you could switch genders for a night? What powers would you gain? What would you lose? And who would you be if you could change how you are perceived? Winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary prize for young readers, Girls Lost is a YA-crossover thriller exploring these questions, following three teenage girlfriends: Kim, Bella, and Momo, whose developing bodies have become objects of abuse, both verbal and physical, by their male classmates. Scared and uncomfortable, the girls often hide away in Bella’s greenhouse. One day, the three friends plant a strange seed in the greenhouse, and in a few days, a shimmering, magical flower blossoms. Intrigued, they drink the nectar from the flower, and suddenly find themselves transformed from girls to boys. The girls return night after night to drink from the flower, and as they fall deeper into the boy’s world, they discover a new reality, one of power and violence, of gangs and drugs. In this tale, the body is a battlefield, and masculinity as a drug Brilliantly poetic and deeply poignant, this magical story was adapted into an internationally-renowned feature film exploring how we shape our identity, and how we cope with our own transformations.
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