{"product_id":"the-borrowed-child-9798235749467","title":"The Borrowed Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Siobhan Doyle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wonderfield Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wonderfield Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fantasy - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA child has been taken beneath the fairy hill. Something else has come home wearing his face.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen fifteen year old Mair�ad Quinn is asked to collect old stories for a school folklore project in 1938 Ireland, she believes she is gathering memories before they vanish. Fairy forts, changelings, selkies, p�cas, warning names, holy wells, and old women's testimony all belong safely inside copybooks and village kitchens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen her younger brother Aodh�n disappears near the rath above Doolin's field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe returns before morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis voice is the same. His face is the same. His hands are the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly his eyes are wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of Tom�s Friel, a fisherman's son who knows every cave and tide path along the coast, and Bran�n, a white fox p�ca whose honesty is never entirely safe, Mair�ad must follow the old stories into the places where they are still alive. Beneath the hill waits a world shaped by forgotten bargains, stolen names, sea magic, fairy law, and the terrible memory of what humans chose to leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Borrowed Child\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is an atmospheric folklore fantasy for readers who love Irish myth, changeling tales, selkies, fairy hills, brave children, haunted landscapes, and stories where old beliefs become dangerously real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrish folklore and fairy lore\u003cbr\u003eChangelings, selkies, p�cas, and fairy hills\u003cbr\u003eMiddle grade fantasy with a darker, literary edge\u003cbr\u003eHistorical fantasy set in Ireland\u003cbr\u003eAtmospheric adventure with mystery, courage, and old magic\u003cbr\u003eFolklore inspired stories rooted in real tradition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wonderfield Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890376196247,"sku":"9798235749467","price":1208.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798235749467.webp?v=1781179760","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-borrowed-child-9798235749467","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}