![]() ![]() Willa is the clan’s best thief because those who don’t return to Dead Hollow with a full satchel are denied food or physically punished. He demands that the young ones steal from the day-folk. The Faeran dwindle under the strict rule of their deified leader, the padaran. ![]() The day-folk build unnatural dwellings from the carcasses of murdered trees and hunt the forest’s animals with their killing-sticks. The year is1900 and, in the Great Smoky Mountains, Willa’s world is changing. Though Willa’s streaked and spotted skin blends into natural surroundings, she is as real as any other creature. ![]() Their kind are called “the old ones” by the Cherokee and “night-spirits” by the white-skinned homesteaders. Willa lives with her mamaw, who teaches her how to communicate with plants and animals. In Willa of the Wood, a middle-grade fantasy novel, twelve-year-old Willa is one of the last woodwitches in her Faeran clan. ![]()
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