Changeling

By William Ritter

12-year-olds Tinn and Cole, raised as human twins in sleepy Endsborough, risk their lives in the Wild Wood, Oddmire Swamp, and the Deep Dark to learn which is a goblin changeling with an important mission.

Genre: Fantasy
272 pages

sample questions

What did the humans call their side of the wall?

Earth (1)

What did the magical beings call their side of the wall?

Annwyn (2)

What did the gnomes call the magical side of the wall?

Pippin-Gilliewhipple (2)

What is the name of the town that doesn’t go looking for trouble?

Endsborough (5)

What is the name of the city two day’s ride from Endsborough?

Glanville (5)

Who is the head of the goblins?

Chief Nudd (7)

What is a collection of goblins called?

A horde (8)

What is a changeling?

The living embodiment of goblin magic (8)

Who was the first person to suggest goblins were involved with the twins?

Mrs. Grouse (13)

What does Old Jim Warner think caused the twins?

Fairies (15)

What are the twins’ names?

Tinn and Cole (22)

What does Tinn leave in an apple tree on Old Jim’s farm?

His hat (28)

Why don’t loggers take trees from the Deep Dark?

It’s cursed wood (28)

What is the name of Hercules’ twin?

Iphicles (32)

How does Kull start his note to the boys?

Once upon a time (38)

What will happen if the changeling is not reunited with the horde by the Veil Moon?

Magic in the Wild Wood will die (41)

Where did Annie hide the twins’ birthday presents?

In a hatbox in the back of her closet (44)

What does Cole take with him when he heads into the Wild Wood?

A knife and marmalade tarts (50-51)

What does Tinn take with him when he heads into the Wild Wood?

Four matches and the map (51)

What does Cole carve into trees as he follows the goblin path?

Cs (53)

What does the Oddmire smell like?

Armpits and wet possum (55)

What do Cole and Tinn find stuck in the Oddmire?

A bear cub (55)


Who’s handwriting is neater, Tinn’s or Cole’s?

Tinn’s (59)

What color are Fable’s eyes?

Bright hazel (62)

What does Annie find near the Oddmire?

Marmalade, a dishtowel, shoe prints, and a map (77-78)

What scares Tinn more than anything else?

Being alone in a room all by himself (85)

Who has consistently messed up for 13 years?

Kull (94)

What sort of creatures have candles in their beards?

Hinkypunks (104)

What does Fable name the hinkypunk?

Candlebeard (106)

Who did Cole dance with at his school dance?

Hana Sakai (109)

Who did Tinn not get up the courage to ask to dance?

Evie Warner (110)

What are some of the ways Kull used goblin charms to protect the boys?

Kept their treehouse from collapsing; kept the wolves away; kept the dam from cracking (131)

How tall is Kull?

4’7” (131)

What is glamour?

A magical camouflage that allows hinkypunks to conceal themselves from mortal eyes (135)

What does Fable smell after the boys disappear with Candlebeard?

Paraffin (147)

What does Fable’s mom bring her for pain, and to help her heal more quickly?

Honeycomb (167)

What do goblin contracts require the elves to buy?

Babies and all the responsibility for them (169)

What is the inside section of the bramble made out of?

Bones (174)

What does Cole find on the ground in the center of the bramble patch?

A candle stub (179)

What wish has Tinn made many times before but finally comes true in the center of the bramble?

To be invisible (184)

What does Tinn say to Cole as he pushes his brother out of the bramble?

“Take care of mom” (188)

What kind of creature can only speak the truth?

Hinkypunks (190)

Who eats the last marmalade tart?

Fable (195)

What does Candlbeard use to free Cole from the brambles?

His candle (218)

Which goblin wears a boar-skulled helmet?

Pall (219)

Which character is just not a hugger?

Kull (224)


How big is the Thing, without its cloak of shadows?

No bigger than a mouse (227)

What words does Tinn need to hear from his mother?

Always (229)

What sort of mother wouldn’t want her child to live a long and glorious life in the Annwyn?

A mother who wanted to be a mother (235)

What did an old woman give Chief Nudd that he didn’t know he needed?

Forgiveness (238)

Which character punches the universe?

Fable (250)

What happens to a changeling after the magic has run its course?

It turns back in to “kin an’ kind” (252)

When do pixies want to be poked?

Not ever (257)

What is the queen’s real name?

Raina (263)


In which book:

In which book are humans, fairies, elves, and dolphins all intelligent species? (Changeling, 1)

In which book does something live inside of a wall? (Changeling, 2)

In which book is a character taunted by its shadow? (Changeling, 3)

In which book does one building serve as the schoolhouse, church, and meeting hall? (Changeling, 6)

In which book does a room smell like soap and talcum powder? (Changeling, 8)

In which book does a character have skin speckled with stars and peeling like old wallpaper?

(Changeling, 10)

In which book do characters burn sage and poke babies with silver and iron? (Changeling, 16,17)

In which book is mischief the nature of goblins and growing children in equal measure? (Changeling, 19)

In which book is a yam catapult a terrible idea? (Changeling, 22)

In which book do characters always sustain identical injuries? (Changeling, 23)

In which book does a character think things aren’t fun unless you almost get caught? (Changeling, 31)

In which book does a character write a message on a windowsill? (Changeling, 37)

In which book are characters encouraged to bring a light snack? (Changeling, 41)

In which book do characters leave a note before doing something stupid and dangerous? (Changeling,

47, 49)

In which book does a character wear a dress dyed in ink made only from the finest dirt? (Changeling, 62)

In which book do berries make you fart and barf a lot and maybe die? (Changeling, 62)

In which book is a character a really good smeller? (Changeling, 74)

In which book does an old cottage make a character sad? (Changeling, 83)

In which book does a character get pulled out of grimy water by his ankles? (Changeling, 116)

In which book can a character change from human to bear form? (Changeling, 123)

In which book does an infant have a beard? (Changeling, 142)

In which book does a character say, “Just because you weren’t any good at being awful doesn’t make

you any less guilty?” (Changeling, 145)

In which book is a character just not a hugger? (Changeling, 224)

In which book is being welcome not the same as being safe? (Changeling, 254-255)

In which book does a character grab the fabric of the universe and shake it? (264)