1983 first edition of Moth-Kin Magic by Kathy Kennedy Tapp, illustrated by Michele Chessare.
Written by Kathy Kennedy Tapp. Illustrated by Michele Chessare. Stated first edition, 1983. A Margaret K. McElderry Book for Atheneum, New York.
Front flap:
"Ripple waited eagerly for the night of the Gathering. Finally she would learn how the magic first came to her people, the Moth-Kin. Then came the invasion. Ripple, her mother, and old Uncle Kane, who were less than an inch tall, were scooped up from their riverbank home by the dreaded giants of story and legend. Clinging to their clump of moss, the three of them were squeezed into a big container with clear, cold walls. More moss and plants feel around them.
"Slowly they learned the grim truth. They were trapped in a bottle that the giants used to study plant life. And they were not alone. Their situation was desperate. How long could they hid from the giants? The dangers of life in the bottle forest increased each day. Escape they must, but how?"
Kathy Kennedy Tapp (1949 - ) also wrote The Ghostmobile, The Sacred Circle of the Hula Hoop, and Flight of the Moth-Kin.
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