Welcome to the Hazel Wood -- the fiercely stunning contemporary fantasy everyone is raving about: ``Thoroughly, creepily captivating.`` --Kristin Cashore, author of Graceling and Jane, Unlimited ``Will be your next obsession.`` --Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval ``Destined to be a classic.`` --Kami Garcia, author of The Lovely Reckless ``Breathtaking.
To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother\'s tales began--and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong..
But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her.
Alice\'s only lead is the message her mother left behind: ``Stay away from the Hazel Wood.`` Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother\'s cultish fans.
But when Alice\'s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away--by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother\'s stories are set. `` --Seanan McGuire, author of Every Heart a Doorway ``Mesmerizing.`` --Karen McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying ``One of the best books I\'ve read in years.`` --Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice\'s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels.
Welcome to the Hazel Wood -- the fiercely stunning contemporary fantasy everyone is raving about: ``Thoroughly, creepily captivating.`` --Kristin Cashore, author of Graceling and Jane, Unlimited ``Will be your next obsession.`` --Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval ``Destined to be a classic.`` --Kami Garcia, author of The Lovely Reckless ``Breathtaking
