Fans of Shannon Hale and Kelly Barnhill will delight in
this charming and richly imagined middle grade fantasy debut, featuring a
wicked queen, magical animals, a henchman with a golden heart, and a small girl
with a great destiny.
Many years ago, in the kingdom of Fenwood Reach, there
was a powerful Windwitch who wove the seasons, keeping the land bountiful and
the people happy. But then a dark magic drove her from the realm, and the world
fell into chaos.
Brida is content in her small village of Oak Hollow. There,
she’s plenty occupied trying to convince her fickle magic to actually do what
it’s meant to in her work as a hedgewitch’s apprentice—until she accidentally
catches the attention of the wicked queen.
On the run from the queen’s huntsman and her all-seeing Crow
spies, Brida discovers the truth about her family, her magic, and who she is
destined to be—and that she may hold the power to defeating the wicked queen
and setting the kingdom right again.
