The Folk Keeper
by Franny Billingsley
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Corinna Stonewall is fifteen years old and an orphan. She is also Rhysbridge Fondling Home's Folk Keeper - a difficult and dangerous job which consists of looking after and controlling "the Folk". The Folk are spiteful, maverick and savage creatures, They spoil the milk, terrify the livestock and threaten all manner of malicious deeds unless pacified by gifts of cream, salt pork and similar luxuries.
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Originally published: New York: Atheneum, 1999; London: Bloomsbury, 2003.
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"It is a day of yellow fog, and the Folk are hungry."
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Orphaned Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.
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