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.

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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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