SOLVED. Children's book (maybe?) that may have been a Hobbit knockoff. Late 1970s? [s]

[Olivia]

Now that I think about it, it may not actually have been a kids' book. It may be that the youth services librarian at the time (my mom or her predecessor) saw that it was kind of Hobbity and so assumed that it was a kids' book.

There was a lot of politics and stuff going on in the little Hobbitonesque town for a kids' book. The people may not have actually been Hobbity, either. They may have been humans.

The male protagonist had a place name like Underhill but probably different. I think that he and the female protagonist fell in love at the end of the book.

And, because I have an MSIS and my fellow librarians "love" this kind of clue. I seem to recall it was green.

[Genesistrine]

Bet you anything you like it's The Gammage Cup (published as The Minnipins in the UK).

[Olivia]

That is very possible.

I'm not 100% sure, though, because The Gammage Cup is apparently a book that I've read and I may have it confused with another book. I'll leave this open for a while longer to see if anyone had any other suggestions. If no one does by . . . Friday night? I'll declare if solved and close the thread.

[Kris]

Here's a detailed plot summary - with Spoilers - of Genesistrine's suggestion: The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gam... (There are different cover images.)

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

B, any updates on your older thread here?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Olivia]

Lobstergirl wrote: "B, any updates on your older thread here?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

I totally lost that thread! Thank you! And, no, I still haven't found that one, either.

I bumped it.

[Olivia]

Friday was a bad brain day for me so I just went to bed without closing the thread. There's no ebook of The Gammage Cup? Oh, well, I guess I'll get the paperback.

Thank you Genesistrine and Kris!

Now to try to close the thread without screwing it up

[Kris]

Great. I see your request is marked Solved. Glad you found your book, B.