The Beginning Woods by Malcolm McNeill

The Beginning Woods

by Malcolm McNeill

A MYSTERY NO ONE CAN SOLVE

The Vanishings started without warning. People disappearing into thin air - just piles of clothes left behind. Each day, thousands gone without a trace.

A BABY NO ONE WANTED

Max was abandoned in a bookshop and grows up haunted by memories of his parents. Only he can solve the mystery of the Vanishings.

A SECRET THAT COULD SAVE THE FUTURE

To find the answers, Max must leave this world and enter the Beginning Woods. A realm of magic and terror, life and death.

But can he bear the truth - or will it destroy him?

A STORY THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER WORLD

Greater than your dreams. Darker than your fears. Full of more wonder than you could ever desire. Welcome to the ineffable Beginning Woods...

Reviewed by Beth C. on

3 of 5 stars

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Strange story, about stories vs science, and one boy who seems to be in the middle of the battle between the two. Darker than I imagined for a middle-reader, but it never crossed into the "too dark" territory.

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