| Author: | Janet Taylor Lisle |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | novel |
| Publisher: | Orchard Books |
| Pub Date: | 1989 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 128 |
| Isbn: | 0590439448 |
Afternoon of the Elves is a 1989 children's novel by author Janet Taylor Lisle.[1] Afternoon of the Elves was a Newbery Medal Honor Book in 1990.[2] The plot centers around the budding friendship between a popular elementary-school student named Hillary, and her misanthropic next-door neighbor Sarah-Kate. The two investigate a tiny village in Sarah-Kate's back yard, and as the story progresses, more of Sarah-Kate's personal life is revealed.