Powerful and compelling, this high-stakes, feminist

reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood is perfect for fans of Stephanie

Garber and Meagan Spooner.

For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember, the

village of Oakvale has been surrounded by the dark wood—a forest filled with

terrible monsters. A forest that light itself cannot penetrate.

Unlike her fellow villagers, Adele cannot avoid the dark

wood.

Adele is one of a long line of guardians: women who secretly

take on the form of a wolf, in order to protect their village.

But when accepting her fate means giving up the boy she

loves, abandoning the future she imagined for herself, and breaking her own

moral code, she must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her neighbors

safe.