The World of Lila Thorn, Whispers of the Wild (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798996174102)

Twelve-year-old Lila Thorn carries a secret she has never spoken aloud-one that has quietly set her apart her entire life.

She can hear animals.

Not just sounds, but voices. Thoughts. Warnings. Whispers woven into the fabric of the natural world. To Lila, the woods are never silent-they are watching, speaking, remembering. But a gift like hers is not easily understood. At school, she is an outsider. At home, she has learned to stay quiet. Only her dog, Milo, knows the truth-and even he cannot protect her from what is coming.

Because something in the forest has begun to change.

It starts subtly: a shift in the air, a stillness where there should be song. Then come the disappearances. The dying trees. The uneasy feeling that something unseen is spreading beneath the roots of the world itself. When a frantic squirrel named Pip seeks her out, begging for help, Lila is pulled into a mystery far deeper-and far more dangerous-than she could have imagined.

At the center of it all is EverGreen Research, a company that appeared without warning and operates behind a veil of secrecy. The animals fear it. The forest is reacting to it. And the closer Lila gets to the truth, the more she realizes this is not just about the wild-it's about her.

With only a small circle of unlikely allies-a sharp-witted squirrel, a watchful owl who sees more than he reveals, and a fiercely loyal dog-Lila must navigate a world where trust is fragile and danger moves unseen. Every answer leads to more questions. Every step forward carries risk.

And the forest is running out of time.

Whispers of the Wild is a haunting and heartfelt journey into a hidden world where the line between human and nature begins to blur-and where one girl's voice may be the only thing powerful enough to be heard.