num_pages: 256
description: Half Moorfolk and half human, and unable to shape-shift or disappear at will, Moql threatens the safety of the Band. So the Folk banish her and send her to live among humans as a changeling. Named Saaski by the couple for whose real baby she was swapped, she grows up taunted and feared by the villagers for being different, and is comfortable only on the moor, playing strange music on her bagpipes. As Saaski grows up, memories from her forgotten past with the Folk slowly emerge. But so do emotions from her human side, and she begins to realize the terrible wrong the Folk have done to the humans she calls Da and Mumma. She is determined to restore their child to them, even if it means a dangerous return to the world that has already rejected her once.
language: English
title: The Moorchild
titlecomplete: The Moorchild
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Fairies
ratings_count: 7316
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks