DESTINED TO BE A CLASSIC: Like a blend of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, Cornelia Funke's Inkheart, William Golding's The Princess Bride, and Robert Beatty's Serafina and the Black Cloak, The Beginning Woods stands out as an utterly original and engrossing fantasy.

GARNERING IMMENSE PRAISE: Blurb from international bestselling author of Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer, and called a Bookseller "One to Watch."

HITS ALL THE MIDDLE GRADE SWEET SPOTS: Exploring themes of family, identity, and the meaning of home, readers will fall madly in love with Max.

A NEW FAIRY TALE: This reads like a new fairy tale weaving together traits of the world we know, and the ones we dream of.

BOOK LOVE!: Celebrates the glory of books and storytelling and reading. Librarians and indie booksellers will lap this up.