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Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual, nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave, but that he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist within...

A child who is in a woodland clearing to practice dancing spies a deer and observes how it leaps and turns.

A man with a past shrouded in mystery searches desperately for a missing teenage girl whose disappearance is triggering disastrous consequences throughout her community and the world. "The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself. Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. After the police concluded an exhaustive hunt for the child's family, which was never found, he was turned...

In a forest filled with treacherous beasts, the thing to be most afraid of is closer than you think in this middle grade horror fantasy. Kestrel, a young huntress, lives in a seemingly endless forest crawling with dangerous beasts. But the most dangerous beasts of all are the Grabbers--beings that are born when you are and stalk you throughout your life, waiting for the perfect moment to snatch and eat you. No one has ever defeated their Grabber once...

When she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish to explore the mysterious forests and mountains that lie beyond the wall.

For quiet excitement, having secret friends in the forest is hard to beat. Summer arrives, and once again Mayu comes to the forest near her grandparents’ house. The mailbox is still there. Mayu and Konta, a young fox, write letters to each other and explore the forest together. Mayu keeps this mystery forest friend a secret. But one day while they are playing in the forest, something terrible happens to her. For the first time, Konta decides to...

Spying a flock of birds flying over the rooftops of his city home, Fred, a fox who survives in the dangerous and noisy alleys of an urban environment, learns from a bird about a different potential home in the wild.

After surviving being carried off by a hawk, a young squirrel resolves to find his way home, as his best friends begin their search for him. "How far would you go for a friend? In Nuts to You, the funny and moving illustrated novel by Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins, two squirrels go very far indeed to save a friend who has been snatched up by a hawk. Nuts to You features black-and-white art by the author on every page, as well as exclusive material...

"Finn and his younger brothers, Leo and Ooley, love reading stories about animals living in forests, on mountains or in the arctic. "When I grow up," says Finn, "I want to see wild animals and strange birds." "Why wait?" asks Leo. And so they set out in the snow on the Three Brothers' Wild Animal Safari. In their grandfather's time, the forest was full of animals -- but today the forest is quiet. Where have the animals gone?"--