[In] The Changeling, we are told the reasons why Martha Abbott's lawyer father and snobbish mother discourage her friendship with Ivy Carson, youngest but one of a large, feckless and far from law-abiding family, but the reasons are stated, not explored. It is the relationship between the two girls that is developed…. Amusing, perceptive and touching, written with ease and point, this is an almost classic example of the book programmed directly for young readers—none the worse for it, but proving, perhaps, that there is such a thing as a "children's book".

Margery Fisher, "Old Friends, New Friends," in her Growing Point, Vol. 15, No. 3, September, 1976, p. 2939.∗