A review by jmatkinson1
A Pocketful of Crows by Joanne M. Harris

5.0

Wild brown girls do not have names, they are able to shift skins and move where they will, the village folk don't understand them but carry superstition. One brown girl finds a love token in which a village girl professes her love for William, a young noble. When the brown girl saves William after he falls from his horse, she falls for him and he names her Malmuira. However one named the wild girl loses her powers and his subsequent rejection of her raises her wrath. However even the special people can play games amongst themselves and she finds herself part of a completely different story.

This is a short book which reads like the most wonderful fairy or folk tale. The writing is both authentic and accessible to a modern audience, the narrative clear and the prose lyrical. A magical tale.