The Forest (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503309944)

There was a time when nine-year-old India lived in a world that felt happy and safe. But then a tragic accident took the life of her father and everything turned upside down. Now, along with her mother and older sister, Emily, she's forced to leave her home in the city behind. Their new dwelling? An old house in the sleepy town of Darkwood.

Some say the local woods are filled with dangerous wildlife. Others say they're haunted or cursed. Either way India has no intention of ever exploring the place people keep warning her about-after all, just being near it gives her a feeling of dread.

But when her new kitten slips out of an open window one night, she finds herself chasing the pet straight into the darkness of the forest-and, frightened by unfamiliar noises, gets lost among its sinister and foreboding landscape.

In The Forest, India is introduced to a world beyond her wildest imagination, where mythical creatures dwell, and escape will require help from a magical new set of friends-in a gripping supernatural tale for middle-grade readers and fantasy fans of all ages.