![]() Then one day, a mysterious dying man arrives who seems to see past her disguise and hires her to work at the island estate he shares with his wife, Lady Alicia. But Corinna feels freer in her dank cellar quarters than in the outside world. ![]() Rather than succumb to her fate of becoming a servant girl, she reinvents herself as a boy named Corin and secures a position as ""Folk Keeper."" Her job is dangerous: she must protect the mainland village of Rhysbridge against the harmful pranks of the Folk, devilish underground creatures who thrive in darkness. ![]() Corinna Stonewall, who earned her name for her stubbornness, is at odds with a hierarchical society filled with lords and ladies. Billingsley (Well Wished) imagines a fascinating subterranean world and infuses a strong feminist theme into this poetically wrought tale featuring a 15-year-old orphan. ![]()
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