The Stolen Child

The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue
1419389246 (book on CD)


Wow! Amazing story, amazing concept. This is the story of two boys. Or rather, one boy and a changeling. Or two boys and two changelings. Take your pick, they all fit. Henry Day is an ordinary young boy, until he runs away one day. Then he is switched for a changeling in the woods. He is forced to live in the woods, while the threads of his life are taken up but altered by a changeling who has been waiting for a century for his chance to be human again. Both boys deal with their own struggles, internal and external, as the chapters go back and forth between them. I was never sure who to root for! I only had two nit-picks, tiny ones. The penultimate chapter had a better ending than the ending chapter. I liked it better, I think it should have been switched. But I'm not a best selling author!! Another thing, at one point Anaday says that the lady in the red coat is the last human he'll ever talk to but then years later he talks to another woman in a car. Doesn't make a big difference, I still absolutely adored this book!

10/10