

Willa has become the clan’s best thief, though she is an unwilling one.

Willa, though determined to honor the old ways and be at peace with her friends in the natural world (both plants and animals), must also survive in a world taken over by an evil Faeren leader (Pardon, )who sows division and forces the children like Willa to thievery for survival. Beatty weaves a magical tale, set in the Great Smoky Mountains, where Willa a night spirit, lives with her 137-year-old Mawmaw, one of the last surviving “wood witches,” who knows and understand the animal kingdom as well as the natural world and can communicated across many dimensions. Where to start in reviewing this book? There is so much to explore.
