The Feral Child by Che Golden is an inventive twist on fairy
tales. Maddy is an orphan living with her
grandparents in Ireland. Dealing with
the recent death of her parents, uprooting from London, and having her cousins
and aunts make her feel un-welcomed are not the only issues that Maddy has to
deal with; on top of everything else she is dealing with fairies. After a night excursion in an abandoned
castle Maddy encounters a fairy that steals children and replaces them with
changelings. She could have pretended
that those stores about fairies her grandfather tells her are made; she could
have just let it go, but not when the child that is stolen is none other than
her next door neighbor Stephen. Now
Maddy is determined to go into the fairy world and rescue Stephen before it is
too late.
I really liked how quickly the story developed and carried
on. There was never a dull moment and
the imagery was very vivid. The only
complaint is that the series doesn't seem to have any continuity, I don’t know
if it is because it was first published in the UK. I hope this will be fixed in the US.
4 out of 5 stars! Thanks
Edelweiss.
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