This is the summary I have created from gathering information from Eli's flashbacks presented throughout the novel. It should explain alot and I hope it helps.

'Once upon a time...a long, long time ago, there was a poor farmer and his wife. They had three children. A boy and a girl both old enough to work together with the adults. And then a little boy, only eleven years old. Everyone who saw him said he was the most beautiful child they had ever seen.
'The father was in villeinage to the lord who owned the land, and had to work many days for him. Therefore it often fell to the mother and her...

For the past few weeks, I've been surfing the "We, the Infected" 포럼 for Let the Right One In, and no topic seems to be as persistent as Eli's gender 또는 possible lack thereof. While only briefly touched on in the Swedish film and blatantly ignored in the American remake Let Me In, the novel Let the Right One In plainly reveals the apparent vampire girl as an androgynous boy. People don't know what to make of this. The following is a summary of the information and points raised 의해 users. Because Eli's gender identity is hard to ascertain, I will be using gender-neutral pronouns ze and hir....