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Language
English
Description
It's the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer "Fish" Branson and Dale "Bread" Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don't talk about. One night, tired of seeing his best friend bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, Fish takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural terrors...
Author
Language
English
Description
On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer's favorite area for long walks and it's on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads,...
3) The finisher
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
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...
5) Dreamwood
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"12-year-old Lucy Darrington goes on a quest to find her missing father in a remote, magical territory in the Pacific Northwest"--
6) Nuts to you
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Dark Guardian volume 4
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Hayden has the unique ability to feel the emotions of her fellow werewolves except for Daniel, an attractive and mysterious newcomer who she is not sure she can trust, especially when an ancient enemy targets the community, intent on killing Hayden.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When they find blue logging markings in the ancient forest where they like to hike, a boy and his father try to save the trees from being cut down. Includes information about how to find and enjoy ancient forests.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With the help of their forest friends and the advice of wise Mr. Owl, Red Knit Cap Girl and White Bunny, who are on a quest to find a way to talk to the Moon, learn that they need only to wait and listen quietly to make their wish come true.
12) Jinx's magic
Author
Series
Wizard's apprentice volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"A young wizard's apprentice, Jinx, learns that his forest home, the Urwald, is under threat, and to save it he must travel to a new land"--
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters. But darkness is creeping across Europe, threatening the lives of every Jewish person in every village. Each sister will have to make an impossible choice in an effort to survive - and change the fate of their family forever"--...
15) Forest ghost
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014, c2013
Language
English
Description
Modern-day America. Fifteen Boy Scouts and their seven adult leaders are found to have committed suicide in the forest of a scout reservation. One of the dead boys is a friend of Sparky Wallace, whose father Jack runs a Polish restaurant in Chicago. Drawn into investigating the suicides, Jack discovers a connection with his own grandfather, who killed himself in the Kampinos Forest in Poland when he was fighting the Nazis in World War II. Together,...
16) The trees
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The trees arrive in the night: thundering up through the ground, transforming streets and towns into shadowy forest. Buildings are destroyed. Broken bodies, still wrapped in tattered bed linen, hang among the twitching leaves. Adrien Thomas has never been much of a hero. But when he realizes that no help is coming, he ventures out into this unrecognizable world. Michelle, his wife, is across the sea in Ireland and he has no way of knowing whether...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In his first story collection since the acclaimed Refresh, Refresh, Benjamin Percy delivers a potent brew of horror, crime, and weird happenings in the woods. A boy in his uncle's care falls through the ice on a pond and emerges in a frozen, uncanny state. Patients in therapy for suicidal ideation undergo a drastic session in the woods with fatal consequences. And in a pulse-quickening novella, thrill seekers on an expedition in Alaska are stranded...
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Haunted Forest Tour! Sit back and enjoy a smooth ride in air-conditioned comfort as your heavily armored tram takes you through nature's most astonishing creation. The forest is packed to capacity with dangerous and terrifying creatures of all shapes, sizes, and hunger levels, and you'll get to observe these wonders in complete safety. Howl with a werewolf! Gaze into the glowing eyes of a giant spider! Look right...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...
20) The quiet forest
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When a mischievous mouse's action causes a snowball effect and disrupts the peace of the other animals, it is up to the forest and a bear cub to help restore order and quiet once more.
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