D L Reed

The Island of Lyteria and the Beebolls D L Reed

It is mid-summer on the remote island of Lyteria when an unimaginable catastrophe destroys the city of one of the island?s tiniest resident populations, the beebolls. Accustomed to living in a well-ordered, close-knit society, beebolls suddenly find themselves homeless, hungry and defenseless. Even worse, winter is only a few months away and the tiny creatures are faced with the seemingly impossible task of having to rebuild their homes and food processing capabilities before the temperature drops and they risk freezing or starving to death. In a desperate effort to reestablish their orderly little world as fast and efficiently as possible, the tiny creatures create a bureaucracy to oversee rebuilding their city, a bureaucracy that soon takes on a life of its own. As time quickly slips away, beebolls become more and more focused on the processes and procedures for rebuilding the city, and less and less focused on the actual construction. Even worse, they become so distracted by their predicament that they lose sight of that which is most important of all: what it means to be a beeboll. Suitable for all ages, The Island of Lyteria and the Beebolls is an endearing, sometimes comical story of survival against seemingly insurmountable odds. Readers who have had experience being thwarted by red tape may find it particularly enjoyable.