Fans of Shannon Hale and Kelly Barnhill will delight in this charming
and richly imagined middle grade fantasy debut, featuring a wicked
queen, magical animals, a henchman with a golden heart, and a small girl
with a great destiny.
Many years ago, in the kingdom of Fenwood Reach, there was a powerful
Windwitch who wove the seasons, keeping the land bountiful and the
people happy. But then a dark magic drove her from the realm, and the
world fell into chaos.
Brida is content in her small village of Oak Hollow. There, she's plenty
occupied trying to convince her fickle magic to actually do what it's
meant to in her work as a hedgewitch's apprentice--until she
accidentally catches the attention of the wicked queen.
On the run from the queen's huntsman and her all-seeing Crow spies,
Brida discovers the truth about her family, her magic, and who she is
destined to be--and that she may hold the power to defeating the wicked
queen and setting the kingdom right again.