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The Folk Keeper
By Billingsley, Franny
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68982-876-8
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1999
Gr 5-8 Corinna, 14, knows that she is unusual-her silver hair grows two inches a night; her skin is translucent; and she has an amazing way with the Folk, dangerous beings who live beneath the ground. A foundling, Corinna disguises herself as a boy, renames herself Corin, and works as a Folk Keeper for the Rhysbridge Foundling home, until a great Lord and Lady arrive looking for Corinna but leaving with the close-enough Corin. The girl doesn't understand why she has been invit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
