Forest of Wonders

From Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park, this is a captivating fantasy-adventure about a boy, a bat, and an amazing transformation. The first book in an enchanting trilogy, Forest of Wonders richly explores the links between magic and botany, family and duty, environment and home.

Raffa Santana has always loved the mysterious Forest of Wonders. For a gifted young apothecary like him, every leaf could unleash a kind of magic.

When an injured bat crashes into his life, Raffa invents a cure from a rare crimson vine that he finds deep in the Forest. His remedy saves the animal but also transforms it into something much more than an ordinary bat, with far-reaching consequences.

Raffa's experiments lead him away from home to the forbidding city of Gilden, where troubling discoveries make him question whether exciting botanical inventions--including his own--might actually threaten the very creatures of the Forest he wants to protect.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03/01/2016
ISBN: 9780062327383
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 12/21/2015
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 92
Booklist 01/01/2016 pg. 89
Shelf Awareness 03/04/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 180668 / Forest of Wonders
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9