Changeling.
"A child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy" ("Changeling." A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Edited by Elizabeth Knowles. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. King County Library System. 25 July 2009.).
"The apparent changeling could also be a stock, an enchanted piece of wood that would soon appear to grow sick and die" ("Changeling." Wikipedia. 2009. Web.25 Jul 2009.).
"A person or thing (surreptitiously) put in exchange for another; A child secretly substituted for another in infancy; esp. a child (usually stupid or ugly) supposed to have been left by fairies in exchange for one stolen" (Defs. 2, 3. The Oxford English Dictionary. "Changeling." Defs. 2, 3. The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed.1991. Print.).
She comes to you, and she's bitter when she comes but she's not real. "You are me," she says, then disappears.
Bee remembers never quite fitting in. Not even Occupational Therapy could teach her how to understand facial expressions. She was the kid who fantasized about eating dirt and lived in the garden. The girl is right; Bee definitely doesn't belong but a changeling? Who's going to believe that? No one. Or at least no one except maybe that weird guy who sits alone at lunch reading books; Haze. And let's face it, he thinks he's an alien so really, how much can he be trusted? Whether Bee likes it or not, something is about to change because this girl, this girl who is Bee, she wants her life back.
The Waters & the Wild by Francesca Lia Block.
Francesca Lia Block fans: place your holds on Pretty Dead, out this October and on order at the King County Library System.
"A child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy" ("Changeling." A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Edited by Elizabeth Knowles. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. King County Library System. 25 July 2009.). "The apparent changeling could also be a stock, an enchanted piece of wood that would soon appear to grow sick and die" ("Changeling." Wikipedia. 2009. Web.25 Jul 2009.).
"A person or thing (surreptitiously) put in exchange for another; A child secretly substituted for another in infancy; esp. a child (usually stupid or ugly) supposed to have been left by fairies in exchange for one stolen" (Defs. 2, 3. The Oxford English Dictionary. "Changeling." Defs. 2, 3. The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed.1991. Print.).
She comes to you, and she's bitter when she comes but she's not real. "You are me," she says, then disappears.
Bee remembers never quite fitting in. Not even Occupational Therapy could teach her how to understand facial expressions. She was the kid who fantasized about eating dirt and lived in the garden. The girl is right; Bee definitely doesn't belong but a changeling? Who's going to believe that? No one. Or at least no one except maybe that weird guy who sits alone at lunch reading books; Haze. And let's face it, he thinks he's an alien so really, how much can he be trusted? Whether Bee likes it or not, something is about to change because this girl, this girl who is Bee, she wants her life back.
The Waters & the Wild by Francesca Lia Block.
Francesca Lia Block fans: place your holds on Pretty Dead, out this October and on order at the King County Library System.
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