The Changelings (novel)

The Changelings
Author Jo Sinclair
Cover artist Richard M. Powers
Country United States
Language English
Genre Bildungsroman, Jewish American literature,
Publisher McGraw Hill
Publication date
1955
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 323 pp

The Changelings is a novel by Jo Sinclair (Ruth Seid) first published in 1955 by McGraw Hill. Features tomboy protagonist Judith "Vincent" Vincent, a 12-year-old who is the newly deposed leader of a gang of pre-teen and teenage children in her Jewish/Sicilian neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio.

The novel follows the lives of several of the children and adults in the neighborhood in late summer through fall as African Americans begin to move into their neighborhood and their neighbors begin to move to "the heights." During this time, Vincent befriends Clara, an 12-year-old African American tomboy who lives a few blocks south of her neighborhood. She also deals with her sister's ostracization from the family for marrying a non-Jew.

Families

The Vincents

They rent their "upstairs" to the Levines. They also share their telephone with them.

The Goldens

The Zigmans

The Millers

The Levines

The Valentis

Sources

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