The Folk Keeper

"Here in the Cellar," Corinna says, "I control the Folk. Here, I'm queen of the world." As Folk Keeper at the Rhysbridge Home, she feeds the fierce, dark-dwelling cave Folk; keeps them from souring the milk, killing the chickens, and venting their anger on the neighborhood; and writes it all down in her Folk Record. Since only boys are Folk Keepers, she has disguised herself as a boy, Corin, and it is a boy and a Folk Keeper she intends to stay. Yet there comes a moment when someone else knows the truth. Old, dying Lord Merton not only knows she is a girl, but knows some of her other secrets as well. It is at his bidding that she, as Corin, leaves Rhysbridge to become Folk Keeper and a member of the family on Cliffsend, an isle where the Folk are fiercer than ever they were at Rhysbridge. It is on Cliffsend that Corinna comes face to face with herself, with the powers she does have (some quite unexpected) and those she does not have (even if she lies and says she does). Who really is she? Why does her hair grow two inches a night? Why does the sea draw her? What does she really want? And what future can and will she choose?

Franny Billingsley

From Candlemas to the Feast of Saint Lancet From the Day of the Seven Spirits Throuqh Bledstone Day Cupid's Crossing Saint Valentine's Eve to the Feast of Saint Valentine Feast of Saint Valentine Throuqh Mischief of All Sorts Fastern's E'en to the Tirls of March Storms of the Equinox Throuqh Egg Sunday (and Other Matters I'dRather Not Discuss) Beltane Through Midsummer Midsummer Midniqht Throuqh Midsummer Dawn Including Balymas Day (the Feast of the Keeper Is Tomorrow!) The Feast of the Keeper, but What Is It to Me? Including the Feast of Dolores, the Skeptic (and Other Feast DaysI Do Not Care to Name) Harvest Rose Festival to the Harvest Fair The Harvest Fair The Harvest Fair (Will It Never End!) Throuqh the Storms of the Equinox A New First Paqe