Library Journal
A teenage runaway on the streets of San Francisco discovers a hitherto unseen world of fairy creatures, many of them runaways like himself, and joins them in a search for the portal that will allow them to return to their magical home. Like De Haven (above), Reaves's ( The Shattered World , LJ 3/15/84) latest fantasy turns to society's outcasts for its heroes and to the rich and powerful for its villains. Part allegory, part fantasy, this coming-of-age story is a suitable, though not essential, purchase for fantasy and YA collections.