The Folk Keeper

by Billingsley, Franny

• ISBN13: 9780689844614
• ISBN10: 0689844611
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Summary

She doesn't really know who she is or what she wants...Corinna is a Folk Keeper. Her job is to keep the mysterious Folk who live beneath the ground at bay. But Corinna has a secret that even she doesn't fully comprehend, until she agrees to serve as Folk Keeper at Marblehaugh Park, a wealthy family's seaside manor. There her hidden powers burst into full force, and Corinna's life changes forever...

Author Biography

Leonid Gore moved to the US from his native Belarus in 1991. He has illustrated many beloved books for children and is also the author and illustrator of Danny’s First Snow. Mr. Gore lives in Oakland, New Jersey. Visit him online at LeonidGore.com.

Table of Contents

From Candlemas to the Feast of Saint Lancet	1	(11)
From the Day of the Seven Spirits Through Beldstone Day	12	(10)
Cupid's Crossing	22	(13)
Saint Valentine's Eve to the Feast of Saint Valentine	35	(10)
Feast of Saint Valentine Through Mischief of All Sorts	45	(11)
Fastern's Een to the Tids of March	56	(7)
Storms of the Equinox Through Egg Sunday (and Other Matters I'd Rather Not Discuss)	63	(10)
Beltane Through Midsummer	73	(7)
Midsummer Midnight Through Midsummer Dawn	80	(13)
Including Balymas Day (the Feast of the Keeperls Tomorrow!)	93	(9)
The Feast of the Keeper, but What Is It to Me?	102	(13)
Including the Feast of Dolores, the Skeptic (and Other Feast Days I Do Not Care to Name)	115	(10)
Harvest Rose Festival to the Harvest Fair	125	(7)
The Harvest Fair	132	(11)
The Harvest Fair (Will It Never End!) Through the Storms of the Equinox	143	(13)
A New First Page	156