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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 7-10 This sequel to "The New Policeman" (HarperCollins, 2007) picks up with J.J. as an adult with children of his own. Eventually it is revealed that he and his wife, Aisling, traded babies with a fairy couple. Since there is no time in Tír na n'Óg, the land of the fairy folk, the fairies' baby had to come to Earth to gro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
It would be hard to beat the ingenuity of The New Policeman (rev. 3/07), but this sequel is equally intricate and even more cohesive while deepening our perception of established characters and the relationship between the Irish fairy world of Tír na n'Óg and the human world. Having solved the time leak between worlds, protagonist J.J. Liddy is now grown-up with a family of his own. Well, sort of grown-up—the fairy quota in his genes seems to take ov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
J.J. Liddy (<i>The New Policeman</i>), now grown up, is the guardian of a changeling named Jenny. Jenny, J.J.'s son, and an aged neighb...Log In or Sign Up to Read More