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Seventeen‑year‑old Jenny has spent seven years doubting the story she told about her brother Tom’s disappearance in the forest – the tale nobody believed, the forest that seemed to swallow him whole. Determined to finally say goodbye to her lost sibling, she steps back into the woods to uncover the truth.
Instead of finding closure, Jenny is drawn into a mysterious world of faeries and other forest creatures. In this realm, nothing is what it seems, and every encounter tests her resolve and forces her to confront hidden depths of both the forest and her own heart.
With its lush setting and the intertwining of love, adventure, and the fantastical, the novel explores the power of belief, the bonds of family, and the delicate line between reality and myth.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Ruth Frances Long
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