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Amanda Hocking is one of those publishing prodigies--she sold over a million copies of her self-published books and has a huge on-line following. After reading "Switched", now being published by St. Martin's Griffin, I understand why. This is great stuff. She has created the world of the Trylle, the modern day, PC, not your Grimm character trolls, who secretly trade their own babies for human babies, then collect them again once they've grown up and have begun to manifest powers. Trylles have all sorts of possible powers, many related to the natural world, but mixed breeding and young Trylles refusing to remain in the isolated Trylle communities are threatening Trylles everywhere, and the present queen is not going to allow that. "Switched" concerns Wendy, a 17 year old who suddenly finds herself in mysterious danger and is whisked away by a Trylle tracker only to find out that she is, in fact, the Princess, and there are many, many expectations placed upon her because of that. And, it seems, she is one of the most powerful Trylles of all. Thank heavens Book 2, "Torn", is coming out in February, and Book 3, "Ascend", is coming out in April, so we all can find out what happens to the reluctant Princess and her people--human and Trylle.