Winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary prize for young
readers, Girls Lost is a thriller featuring three teenage girls:
Kim, Bella, and Momo. The three occupy a challenging limbo between
childhood and adulthood, made only more difficult by the steady
provocation of their malicious male classmates and pubescent bodies
that are changing beyond their control. They are on the precipice
of a grown-up world that seems to be broken into two groups: male
and female; public and private; assailant and target. Eager to
escape, the girls seek refuge in Bella's greenhouse, a free zone
where their imaginations run wild and their talents can flourish.
After their classmates' violations escalate, the three friends
plant a strange seed in the greenhouse, and a shimmering, magical
flower blossoms. Intrigued, they drink the nectar from the flower,
and suddenly find themselves transformed from girls to boys until
the next morning. The three return each night to drink from the
flower, anxious to explore their world - and new, older male
friends - with agency and freedom. As they fall deeper into the
boys' world, they discover a new reality, one of power and
violence, of gangs and drugs. When their nightly escapades turn
darker, two of the teens grow wary, ready to turn back and face the
reality of womanhood; but Kim is determined to see their discovery
to its catastrophic, fiery end. In this tale, the body is a
battlefield, and masculinity is 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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