The Charlatan’s Boy By Jonathan Rogers, A Review

Its festive cover labels it a young adult novel, but anyone who has read C. S. Lewis knows books intended for the consumption of those younger than you are nothing to snub. The Charlatan’s Boy is delightful.

Orphaned and pitifully ugly, Grady is in the care of Floyd the charlatan and performs in his traveling show. Dressed as a mythical feechie to entertain crowds, Grady is the main attraction of the two man spectacle until disbelief in feechies causes the audiences to dwindle. After trying Grady out in other unprofitable roles, Floyd decides to give the people of Corenwald a reason to believe in feechies again, while all the while Grady longs to know who he is and where he comes from.

Dealing with the desire to know who you are and where you come from, The Charlatan’s Boy is a book about finding where you belong. It will make you grin and nudge your heart. Jonathan Rogers has succeed in writing a book that takes you to another place and has that little something extra that makes it worth keeping on the shelves.

I received a free copy of this book from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group in exchange for this review.

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