The Moorchild

Do you ever feel like you just don't fit in anywhere? That's how Saaski feels -- and with good reason. In "The Moorchild," by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Saaski lives in a small village in Wales. She is half "folk," the villagers' word for fairies, and half human. The other kids don't like her, and the adults are a bit afraid of her. You can probably imagine that she tries to fit in, but it never works very well. What you probably can't imagine is the magic and the surprising ending of this gentle adventure. Here are a few clues: a bagpipe, and fish hook and rosemary ...