Title attributed to Andre Norton

Teddi ~ Novelette

Bibliography ~

¯ Science Fiction Adventures from Way Out (1973) * Edited by Roger Elwood, Published by Whitman, HC, 8-615-05163-3, $0.89, 212pg ~ cover and illustrated by Dan Speigle (Pictorial Boards)

¯ * (1979) Educational Progress Published by Western Publishing Co. a division of Educational Development Corp, 26pg. ~ One of 5 Short Story titles published as a Stand Alone Booklet. Extremely Scarce in any condition. {Image of Set}

¯ Young Star Travelers (1986) * Edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Published by Harper & Row, HC, 0-060-20178-9, 209pg

¯ Moon Mirror (1988) * Published by TOR, HC, 0-312-93098-4, LCCN 88020136, $17.95, 250pg ~ cover by Yvonne Gilbert

¯ The Bank Street Book of Science Fiction (1989) * Edited by Howard Zimmerman, Seymour Reit & Barbara Brenner, Published by Pocket, TP, 0-671-63145-4 ~ Teddi - Adapted by Dwight Jon Zimmerman, illustrated by Alex Nino and Bruce Solotoff. ~ “Graphic Story Comics Adapting the Work of Isaac Asimov and Andre Norton and Other World-Famous Science Fiction Authors” (This is a Unique Book - 15 stories adapted as comics for the younger reader)

Synopsis ~

The narrator and his little brother Joboy, two of the ever-rarer 'Nats' in a world of Littles, have been trapped, as Joboy dropped Teddi in a field during a scavenging trip out in the fields, and went back at the wrong moment to get him. The 'Nats' (naturals) are the original unaltered human stock; after laws were passed that everyone had to go through genetic alteration to become 'Littles' (a draconian solution that helped ease some of the problems of limited living space and resources). The Littles, it turns out, want slave labour - Nat children being easier to transport and direct than heavy machinery on the new planet they're colonizing. The Littles failed to take all the facts into account, though.

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