In The Heart Of The Dark Wood
by Anchor
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A motherless girl hungry for hope . . . and thedream that could be leading her astray.Almost two years have passed since twelve year-old AllieGranderson?s beloved mother Mary disappeared into the wild tornado winds. Her bodyhas never been found. God may have had spilled out his vengeance on all ofMattingly that day?but it was Allie?s momma who got swept away.Allie clings to memories of her mother, just as she clings to thebroken compass she left behind, the makeshift Nativity scene assembled inAllie?s front yard, and to her best friend Zach. But even with Zach at herside, the compass tied to her wrist, and the Nativity characters just a glimpseout the window away, Allie cannot help but feel lost in all the growing up thatmust get done.When the Holy Mother disappears from the yard one morning, Allie\'sbewilderment is checked only by the sudden movement of her mother\'s compass.Yet the compass isn\'t pointing north but east . . . into the inky forest on theoutskirts of Mattingly.Following the needle, Allie and Zach leave the city pavementbehind and push into the line of trees edging on the Virginia hill country. ForAllie, the journey is more than a ghost hunt: she is rejoining the mother shelost?and finding herself with each step deeper into the heart of the darkestwoods she\'s ever seen.Brimming with lyrical prose and unexpected discoveries, In the Heartof the Dark Wood?illustrates the steep transition we all must undergo?themoment we shed our child-like selves and step into the strange territory ofadulthood.
