Book Review

The Stolen Child (2006)

Keith Donohue

Reviewed by Jeff Jensen | Apr 26, 2006

Jeff Jensen

Jeff Jensen, an EW senior writer, has been despondent since the cancellation of ''Twin Peaks''

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EW's GRADE

Details Writer: Keith Donohue; Genres: Fantasy, Fiction; Publisher: Nan A. Talese

Forever-young forest pixies abduct Henry Day, a runaway boy, and turn him into one of their own — while a replacement changeling becomes a piano prodigy.

Culture Clash
Changeling ''Henry'' must remember to grow himself up (literally), and original Henry struggles to let go of his human past.

Genre Mash
Magic realism plus coming-of-age yarn plus Proustian memoir.

Lowdown
An ingenious, spirited allegory for adolescent angst, aging, the purpose of art, etc., that digs deep.

Originally posted Apr 21, 2006 Published in issue #874-875 Apr 28, 2006 Order article reprints

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