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The Folk Keeper
by Franny Billingsley
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (2003-01-06)
ISBN: 0747560544
EAN: 9780747560548
Paperback: 176 pages
SKU: B463-1010
Condition: New
Comments: In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Customer Reviews
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not that great ... but ok
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-09-09
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I got this book a while back because it looked like an interesting book and it'd had good reviews. Although it was ok to read, and a good story, i didn't think it was that great. It seemed to me to drag on a bit and wasn't that believable - like the girl in it isn't very old, but she writes like an adult and is really serious, and i think it lacks fun - especially for a young book.
It's a good story though, and does have some good points - it is interesting in places, and had a few unexpexted twists, and it picks up after the beginning. I wouldnt read it again though. So although ok, it not a great read
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Leonora aged 10 - the best book ever
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-09-15
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
When this book was given to me by my mother I grabbed it immediatly, I think you just KNOW when you find the best books in the world. I tore through it, and finished by supper, then I wrote a song, it influenced me so much! I have now read it twice,and will probably read it many more times in the future. I love Corinna and the way she's so different and so brave.
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weird and wonderful mix of folk-tale, romance and thriller
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-04-08
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
One of the most original children's novels to be published in 2003, this has a real tang of the otherworldly about it. Told in diary form, it is the story of an orphaned girl pretending to be a boy. She is someone who can control The Folk - malicious spirits that devour offerings of food and even bits of their Keeper.
Removed to a castle in the bleak north, Corinna's mysterious origins slowly become clear, as do the reasons for her hair growing two inches a night, her taste for fresh fish and her ability to call up storms. Romantic, thrilling and very dramatic this will absorb children of 10+
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