SOLVED: Boy has ability to see people how they really are. YA Fantasy

[Alan]

I remember very little about the book except for this main idea that he has some sort of unique power to see that people are evil. I believe the book is in the fantasy genre. It might also be religious in some nature as I grew up in a very christian setting. He might be seeing their sin and not that they are evil. I know I read the book somewhere between the years of 1995 and 2004. The book is probably geared for young adults as I was in that age group at the time.

I also remember one of the characters looking reptilian when he saw them. There might also have been the requirement to shake someone's hand to see if they were evil or not.

[Genesistrine]

George Macdonald's The Princess and Curdie?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[Kris]

Alan, that's a good start. Please add genre (e.g., YA fantasy) and more plot details (evil...) to the topic header (title). We have thousands of book requests. We close threads with vague headers.

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[Alan]

I think the Princess and Curdie might be it! I read the summary of it and it definitely sounds familiar. I will need to reread it to make sure, but thank you so much for the help!

[Kris]

Here's the full version (copyright-free) of The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald (first published in 1883) - Genesistrine's suggestion - on Project Gutenberg:

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/709
There are different cover images.

The plot summary on Wikipedia - with Spoilers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pri...

[Genesistrine]

Alan wrote: "I think the Princess and Curdie might be it! I read the summary of it and it definitely sounds familiar. I will need to reread it to make sure, but thank you so much for the help!"

Glad to help!