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Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000)

Author of The Golden Goblet

25+ Works 9,769 Members 114 Reviews 6 Favorited

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Works by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

The Golden Goblet (1961) 3,029 copies
Mara, Daughter of the Nile (1953) 1,811 copies
Moccasin Trail (1952) 1,720 copies
The Moorchild (1996) 1,550 copies
The Seventeenth Swap (1814) 562 copies
Master Cornhill (1973) 511 copies
Greensleeves (1968) 156 copies
The Striped Ships (1991) 84 copies
Sawdust in His Shoes (1950) 75 copies
Merry Go Round in Oz (1963) 53 copies
The Money Room (1981) 42 copies
Joel and the Great Merlini (1978) 40 copies
A Really Weird Summer (1977) 27 copies
The Trouble with Jacob (1988) 22 copies
Pharaoh (1958) 22 copies

Associated Works

Oz-Story, No. 4 (1998) — Author — 14 copies

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This is the changelings tale. Expelled from underhill because as half human she cannot disappear properly and so endangers her community the moorchild is swapped with a human infant. Her babyhood is difficult and she is shunned and bullied by the other children. The flow is not sprightly which might not suit the telling of a difficult childhood though it would certainly help getting through it.
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quondame | 26 other reviews | Sep 22, 2023 |
Half moorfolk and half human, and unable to shape-shift or disappear at will, Moql threatens the safety of the Band. So the Folk banish her and send her to live among humans as a changeling. Named Saaski by the couple for whose real baby she was swapped, she grows up taunted and feared by the villagers for being different, and is comfortable only on the moor, playing strange music on her bagpipes.

As Saaski grows up, memories from her forgotten past with the Folks slowly emerge. But so do emotions from her human side, and she begins to realize the terrible wrong the Folk have done to the humans she calls Da and Mumma. She is determined to restore their child to them, even if it means a dangerous return to the world that has already rejected her once.… (more)
 
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PlumfieldCH | 26 other reviews | Sep 22, 2023 |
Ranofer wants only one thing in the world: to be a master goldsmith like his beloved father was. But how can he when he is all but imprisoned by his evil half brother, Gebu? Ranofer knows the only way he can escape Gebu's abuse is by changing his destiny. But can a poor boy with no skills survive on the cutthroat streets of ancient Thebes? Then Ranofer finds a priceless golden goblet in Gebu's room and he knows his luck - and his destiny - are about to change.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 18 other reviews | Sep 21, 2023 |
I read this in middle school in the late 1990's and I loved it so much that I've kept a copy since I was able to buy books. I love the characters and the fact that the time period is hardly used in historical fiction.
 
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mrThisledr | 26 other reviews | Sep 21, 2023 |

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