Belly of the Whale

Harper Southwood thinks she is a changeling, switched at birth and dropped into a human family so her troll family could raise an attractive child. She is, of course, not really a troll--she's a teenager. She fits in nowhere, not with her beautiful family or her beautiful best friend or on this planet at all, as far as she's concerned. She has one power, or sense, which involves an awareness of when people are getting sick, but she can't sense that her mother has an extremely serious illness or her best friend suffers from a serious depression. It takes Harper dealing head on with the things she can't sense and learning to MAKE sense of them before she can renounce her trollhood and find her place in humanity. I'd like feedback about how successful I am in portraying the voice of Harper and other characters, as well as how the pacing is working--are enough things happening and enough questions remaining unanswered as you go to build suspense as to what is going to happen next?

• Chapter 1 - I Always Knew I Was a Changeling"Harper Southwood thinks she..."
• Chapter 2 - Section 2--Got Thrown off the boat Before the Trip was Done"In this section, Harper is ..."
• Chapter 3 - cont. of 'got off the boat'" a little more about cora, ..."
• Chapter 4 - harper and larson"Cora and Harper have just m..."
• Chapter 5 - Ooohh, I feel like Jonah in the Belly of the Whale"Harper goes to English to s..."
• Chapter 6 - I've Lit a Candle; We Can Get a Lot of Reading Done"Harper's mother undergoes s..."
• Chapter 7 - ...and I Say if We Swim Faster, We're Sure to Come Back"Harper visits Cora in the h..."
• Chapter 8 - I Get So Lonely in the Belly of the Whale"Harper goes back to the hos..."
• Chapter 9 - And When The Time and The Place Are Right..."Harper tells her mom about ..."
• Chapter 10 - Sit Down and Sip Some Bouilabaise..."Harper is ready and raring ..."
• Chapter 11 - Ooh, How Long Before I'm Free?"Harper's mom goes to the Po..."
• Chapter 12 - If it will please everyone..."Harper and her mom come hom..."
• Chapter 13 - ...Thrown off the Boat..."During the stress of the fi..."
• Chapter 14 - Troll Ststus Check"In this chapter, now that t..."
• Chapter 15 - Now What?"Harper goes into the room t..."
• Chapter 16 - Troll Status Check II"This is really just a fille..."
• Chapter 17 - How Do I Get Through a Weekend Like This?"Harper gets to the weekend ..."
• Chapter 18 - Now It's the Weekend, and Everyone Can See."Just like the title says--I..."
• Chapter 19 - Not Quite So Fast"Isabelle is not quite as 'b..."
• Chapter 20 - Eterenally Grateful for Our Free Public Education"Okay, here's the Harper and..."
• Chapter 21 - Tuesday, and Courts Are in Session"Harper has a chance to be s..."
• Chapter 22 - Oh.My.God. What Have I Gotten Myself Into?"Quick chapter to set a coup..."
• Chapter 23 - Uncle Lucas and the Pretext Call"I just want to know if this..."
• Chapter 24 - Coming Up to the Surface"This is just a wrap-up of t..."
• Chapter 25 - Last Two Chapters"Okay, this was my last big ..."