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In the forests of the night / Alison Hughes.
"A year after her best friend Lora mysteriously disappears from Clearwood Home, eleven-year-old Ellis is put in charge of the orphanage's new arrival: Pip. Small, silent, and strange, Pip is inexplicably drawn to the eerie Ghost Tree, a fossilized relic of the Blight that killed every forest in the world. But Pip's connection to nature makes her, Ellis, and their friend Jasper targets of Mother Dear, a sinister, scientific mastermind determined to destroy the natural world and replace it with her robot-hybrid one. Kidnapped by their teacher, kidnapped again by Mother Dear's robotic pterodactyl-like creatures, and then held captive at her work camp, Ellis, Pip, and Jasper must work together to make their daring escape, learn the truth of Lora's fate, and uncover the key to nature's regeneration"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781770867857 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 200 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : DCB, 2025.
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| Subject: | Orphanages > Juvenile fiction. Kidnapping > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Nature > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | J FIC Hughe | 31681030063994 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Orca Book Publishers
Targeted because of their connection to the Ghost Tree, kidnapped by robotic pterodactyl-like creatures, then forced to work at a mining camp, twelve-year-old orphan Ellis and her friends must band together to escape â but can they survive long enough to find the rumored forests of the night? - Orca Book Publishers
âWe must get to the forests of the night!â Lora cried out after a nightmare.
A year after her mysterious disappearance from Clearwood Home for Orphans, Loraâs words still haunt her best friend, Ellis. Everyone knows about the Blight that killed every forest in the world, but can there really be one last secret grove of trees?
When Ellis, the orphanageâs new charge Pip, and their school friend Jasper become drawn to the eerie Ghost Tree, the last fossilized relic of the Blight left on their schoolgrounds, their connection to nature makes them targets of a sinister enemy. Can Ellis and her friends escape capture and find the rumored evergreen sanctuary? Or are they doomed to meet the same fate as Lora?
- In a world without trees, three friends must band together to survive two kidnappings, escape forced labor at a brutal mining camp, and search for a rumored forest to find sanctuary.
- Abandoned, betrayed, or hunted by every adult in their life, twelve-year-old Ellis and her friends overcame multiple dangerous ordeals by summoning their resiliency and by looking after each other.
- An adventurous, harrowing fantasy novel about the ancient power of nature and the deep roots of community.
- Aimed at older middle grade, perfect for nature lovers and tree huggers (literal or metaphorical), with series potential.
- Alison Hughes was a finalist for the Governor Generalâs Literary Awards for her YA novel Hit the Ground Running. She won Albertaâs R. Ross Annett Childrenâs Literature Award for her MG novel The Silence Slips In.
- Her books have been nominated 14 times for childrenâs choice awards including the Silver Birch, and have been Junior Library Guild and Bank Street College of Education Best Books selection.
- Her books have been translated into Korean, Dutch, Turkish, Bahasa Indonesian, and French.
