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Saaski, born half‑moorfolk and half‑human, cannot shapeshift like her kin and is forbidden by the Folk. Banished, she is raised by a human couple who rename her, and she grows up amid fear and ridicule. Their treatment, coupled with memories of her forgotten world, drives her to confront the injustice her origin wrought on the family who raised her.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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