Wildwood Chronicles: Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I

from sumariotter

I was very excited to find this book, first because I love the illustrations and second because the authors are from Portland where I used to live. And to top that off, one of the authors is in the band the Decemberists. Ok, so I've never heard them but, cool! I was not disappointed. It's a reall...

from ARQuay

When eleven year-old Prue takes her baby brother Mac to run some errands in their hometown of Portland, OR, crows sweep in and kidnap Mac, taking him to the "Impassable Wood" at the edge of the Willamette River. Drawing on many classic normal-girl-ventures-into-extraordinary-world stories like Th...

from AnnaWaffles

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed this book. It promised to be lovely from the very beginning, and the writing was delicious. It was very obviously written by Colin Meloy - in fact, too much so. The writing was sometimes so beautiful that it was distracting (something I never expected to say)....

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See full review @ The Indigo Quill Are you a forest dweller at heart? Do you love adventure, unexpectedly personified animals, and The Decemberists? Wildwood is definitely your jam. If you don't know, the author is the lead singer of the indie folk rock band, The Decemberists whose lyrics are uni...

from foggidawn

In this massive chunk of a book, seventh-grader Prue is astonished and frightened when her baby brother Mac is kidnapped by a murder of crows, who take him into the heart of the "Impassible Wilderness." When she heads into the wilderness to rescue Mac, one of her classmates, Curtis, follows. Adve...