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age and grieve-that's all Moqi can do against her terrible fate. Her own kin have banished her from all she's ever known-her homeland, the Folk, the moors-and sent her to live with humans! The man with his fearful, threatening iron, the woman who smothers her with embraces: Moql couldn't care less about them. All she wants is to go back home.
But MoqI, called Saaski by the man and woman, will have to care, for though she isn't human, she isn't Folk either. She's half of both, making her not quite one nor the other. And the Folk have already rejected her once. Even if she could go back, they would surely do it again. Moql/Saaski must fit in with these people to survive, and this may be more difficult than she thinks. Because humans don't just banish others who are different from them, they fear them. And a fearful human can be very dangerous.
* "Detailing Saaski's struggles with her nature, her memories, and the ties that bind her to both worlds, McGraw creates an unusual and absorbing story.... [This] engrossing novel will be an excellent choice to read aloud, beginning with its dedication:
'To all children who have ever felt different."
-Booklist, starred review


Changeling: an ugly, stupid or strange child superstitiously believed to have been left by fairies in place of a pretty, charming child.

Random House Dictionary, Unabridged Ed.
The fairies' normal method was to steal an unchristened child, who had not been given proper protection, out of the cradle and to leave a substitute in its place. . . . The true changelings are those fairy creatures who replace the stolen babies.
An Encyclopedia of Fairies
by Katharine Briggs