Tree Shepherd's Daughter (Faire Folk, Book 1) (Faire Folk Trilogy)
by Gillian Summers is really bargain priced today--it's free!Book description:
When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood is forced to leave her beloved California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival in Colorado. After arriving, Keelie finds men in tights and women in trailer trash-tight bodices roaming half-drunk, calling each other lady and lord even after closing time! Playacting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst nightmare.
Keelie has a plan to ditch this medieval geekland ASAP, but while she plots, strange things start happening—eerie, yet familiar. When Keelie starts seeing fairies and communicating with trees, she uncovers a secret that links her to a community of elves. As Keelie tries to come to grips with her elfin roots, disaster strikes, and Keelie’s identity isn’t the only thing that’s threatened.
One part human determination and one part elfin magic, Keelie Heartwood is a witty new heroine in a world where fantasy and reality mix with extraordinary results.
If only I had a Kindle! Living in England, I can't quite envision fairies and other magical creatures anywhere else; so much of the magic in these types of stories is drawn from the landscapes, and I'm only really familiar with British folk tales. So I'd love to read some American versions, and see how the magic is reworked, although I expect it will seem more enchanting to an American reader than an 'outsider'!
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