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Summary: Read this book or you'll be sorry
Review: I read the Moorchild by Eliose McGraw. The characters in the book are Molq or Saaki,Old Bess, the Prince, Pittittiskin,and Her Mom and Dad. I think the strenths of this book are reallybased on one thing, how one girl is treated because she might be more odd than other kids, she is arround with. She treated badley because she diffrent. Her feet are curved, her hair is thick, her fingers are unusualy long, and her eyes are slanted. I think the weaknesses were mainly in the beginning of the book when you couldn't understand when she ran off with Pittittiskin and how they played a trick on the shepherd. They went to the ball and met the Prince. They ran into the shepherd, and got in trouble. The author used a lot of countyr words to create characters like the shepherd, an elf who, likes Molq,who can change colors ot fade into the walls or trees, and her Grandmother, wise Old Bess. She made characters who weretemselves and nobody eles. She made the charactersseem so real lifelike, like you were really there. Do you think Molq is is ann elf? Or is she a Human , youi dicide for your self, or read this wonderful book.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I read this book on tape. I do not recomend this book on tape! It seems to take forever!!!!! But the book was one of the best I've ever read!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have ever felt different then this is the book for you! A good book to curl up by the cabin fire and read!
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS A MUST-READ!
Review: I recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read. I did this for a book report, and I ended up loving my book report. Now, I am having my mother buy this book for me. Read other books by McGraw if you liked this book.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I was so impressed with this book. The writing flows so naturally it's as though I'm dreaming the story rather than reading it. Beyond this the characters are natural and easy to relate to. McGraw grabbed me with her first line and held me, as though in a trance, to the last line. I intend to read anything else she has written and to pass them along to all my friends!
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Summary: No one wants a changeling... and she doesn't want to be one!
Review: Moql is a 'Folk', a fairy-like being, and lives in the 'Mound' with her kind. Being half-human, she does not have all the abilities that the other Folk do - which, in their light, makes her a danger to them. So they switch her with a human child (they have their uses for them) in a human village. She takes on the age of the baby, but does not look normal. They name her Saaski.
Saaski has erased all knowledge of her Folk-life from her memories, so she does not know she's Folk. When she finds she can do things that the other children cannot, she tries to hide her abilities.
But things like that can not be hidden long: Will Saaski ever convince the villagers that she's not bad, or rejoin her fellow Folk?
And if she can't, will she ever find happiness?
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Summary: Faeries from a different point of view
Review: Moql is swapped for a human child because she is half-human herself. Life as a human is hard: the children make fun, adults don't understand. She is neither one nor the other. Dedicated to those who are "different", this book is a well-written fantasy that will satisfy both children and adults, and may give a child who feels he/she doesn't belong some strength, following Moql's expoits as she finds a place of her own
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Summary: Moving and tender story about a child half-human, half-fairy
Review: My daughter and I listened to the Recorded Books version read by Virginia Leishman, one of the most beautiful readings of a children's book I have ever heard. The story is suited for older children and might be too upsetting for some children under the age of 9 or 10. There is a scene which will be upsetting to anybody--as well it should--but it should be "digestible" for most older children exposed to the evening news or history books, and the scene is sensitively resolved by the courage of the child's human father's quite heroic behavior.The character of the child's human family members is one of the most comforting aspects of the book, as their courage and integrity is contrasted with the ignorance and fear of the villagers and the mob among both the fairies and the human villagers. The similar ignorance of both groups with regard to anyone "different" is also an illuminating and sensitively depicted facet of a truly excellent book. The story is about a child half-fairy, half-human, and as one character in the book states, "neither here nor there"....she doesn't belong anywhere, and that is the story's dilemma. However, the story is so beautifully told that even for children who don't feel "different", it is hard to imagine a sensitive child of 10-14 who wouldn't enjoy hearing this story or reading it themselves. The child in the story, Saaski, inspires hate in the medieval villagers who fear her difference as a threat to their well-being. She also inspires deep abiding love in her human "family" whose real baby has been stolen by the fairies to make a place for the half-fairy child they have rejected as "dangerous" as well. The examination of the origins of feelings of hate and love via the tale is illuminating for both children and adults, and I enjoyed the book as much as my daughter. There are elements of the story which are reminiscent of the witch hunts in American history and legend, and common elements shared with stories which detail more recent racist hatemongering. At the same time, the life of the "folk" or the fairies from the Celtic tradition is well-illustrated and explained. My daughter recently had a passage in one of her homework assignments that talked about the time difference between the fairy and the human worlds which was very much in tune with the interpretation of fairy or folklore as told by McGraw. This pleased my daughter a great deal and helped make the story feel more "authentic" for her. I recommend this book highly for both classroom and personal reading as there is sufficient depth to generate active and relevant classroom discussions, as well as tremendous enjoyment for avid readers.
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Summary: Another classic by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Review: My favorite book as a teenager was "Sawdust In His Shoes" by Ms. McGraw and I read many of her books with joy. Imagine my pleasure at finding this book. Though stories of elvenkind have worked this ground over and over, The Moorchild is fresh and new and tells a charming story of a changeling caught between worlds who finds her own way different from either. I loved it.
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Summary: The Moorchild
Review: The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw is an excellent fantasy book with a very unique plot.
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Summary: sweety,El Cajon
Review: The Moorchild is a great book for young people who have been teased or have teased someone, but only if you have a little amagination.This book is about A girl named Moql'nkkn who is a little cangeling girl who one day discover she doesnt have the ability to disappear when humans are .looking for the moorfolk. she never seems to fit even as a baby this poor young child was to differant for any one to understand and as a consiquicne She is traded to the humans in exchange for a human baby but still deos'nt quiet fit in with the rest of the world .But the author does a great job of making you think this fasinating fairytail is real the begining of the the story is a little slow but after you get to the plot the story never stops to amaze you. This fantastic story of a young changeling girl I'm sure is a one of a kind and is worth reading. but don't take my word for it read it yourself.
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