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The Hazel Wood

The Hazel Wood

Fairy TalesFantasy
Pages
368
Published
2018
Language
English

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Alice has always been drawn to her grandmother's collection of dark fairy tales, especially 'Tales from the Hinterland.' When her mother is kidnapped and pulled into the terrifying world of the book, Alice must team up with Ellery, a superfan of the stories. Together, they'll have to navigate a dangerous, magical reality to bring Alice's mother home.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

MysteriousCreepyAdventurous
Portal FantasyQuestComing of Age

Genres

Fairy Tales Fantasy Urban Fantasy Young Adult

About the author

M
Melissa Albert

Melissa Albert is an American young adult author from Illinois who studied journalism at Columbia College Chicago and worked as a managing editor at Barnes & Noble before publishing fiction. Her debut novel, The Hazel Wood, a fairy-tale noir, spent 36 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was followed by the sequel The Night Country. She lives in Brooklyn.

Characters

AliceProtagonist
EllerySupporting
Alice's motherSupporting
All characters in The Hazel Wood

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