Then when they are twelve years old, a mysterious message arrives, calling the brothers to be heroes and protectors of magic. Tinn and Cole are raised as human twins, neither knowing what secrets may be buried deep inside one of them. Not knowing which to bring back, he leaves both babies behind. Too perfectly: Kull cannot tell them apart. By the time he turns back, the changeling has already perfectly mimicked the human child. After laying the changeling in a human infant’s crib, the goblin Kull is briefly distracted from his task. But when the fateful night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind-a newborn changeling. Speaking of THE ODDMIRE, let’s show the readers your book. My MG debut, The Oddmire, is set in the Wild Wood, and it is absolutely following in Wrede’s literary footsteps. Wrede’s series, set in the Enchanted Forest, borrows all manner of classic folktale tropes, turning them on their head and reimagining them in clever, playful ways. The stories I loved as a kid are deep in my bones now-and they definitely influence the books I write. When I was a middle-grade reader, the standout was probably Patricia Wrede’s fantastical Dealing with Dragons.ĭo you think they’ve influenced you as an adult? As a writer? As a teen, I liked the witty language of PG Wodehouse and the silly situations of Douglas Adams. Tell us, what books did you find most memorable as you were growing up? Hi William, it’s such a pleasure to speak with you again. But he’s here to share his intriguing #mglit tale of vanishing magic, the Wild Woods, goblins, and more! And to top all this newness off, William shared with me that this is the first time his own illustrations are being used in one of his books. It’s William Ritter, the author of the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series, which deserves a major round of applause.

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Changeling by william ritter