The Changeling
Ivy Carson belonged to the notorious Carson family, which lived in a run-down house in suburban Rosewood. But Ivy was not a typical Carson. There was something wonderful about her. Ivy explained it by saying that she was a changeling, a child of supernatural parents who had been exchanged for the...
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Ivy Carson belonged to the notorious Carson family, which lived in a run-down house in suburban Rosewood. But Ivy was not a typical Carson. There was something wonderful about her. Ivy explained it by saying that she was a changeling, a child of supernatural parents who had been exchanged for the real Ivy Carson at birth. This classic book was first published in 1970. It was awarded a Christopher Medal and named an outstanding book for young people by the Junior Library Guild.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780595321803 (0595321801)
Publish date: June 8th 2004
Publisher: Backinprint.com
Pages no: 226
Edition language: English
In fourth and fifth grade I read every Zilpha Keatley Snyder book that I could find. They helped me map out a way through my early adolescence as I walked a fine line between desperately wanting to belong to the world and wanting to escape deeper into fantasy. Re-reading it today, I realized just h...
A re-read. Snyder's sure hand at the wheel gives this story a ring of truth and an immediacy flavored with the not-quite-supernatural. When I read it as a kid, I identified so closely with Ivy that I fancied myself a changeling too. Reading it as an adult, I have much more insight into both Ivy and ...
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