The Hazel Wood: A Novel [Hardcover]

Welcome to Melissa Albert'sThe Hazel Woodthe fiercely stunningNew York Timesbestseller everyone is raving about!

Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alices life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alices grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen awayby a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: Stay away from the Hazel Wood.

Alice has long steered clear of her grandmothers cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales beganand where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.

New York Timesbestseller
Seven starred reviews
Indies Choice Book Award Finalist
New York TimesNotable YA Book of 2018
Boston GlobeBest Book of the Year
Wall Street JournalBest Childrens Book of the Year
#1 ABA IndieNext Pick
ABA Indies Introduce Selection
Junior Library Guild Selection
ALAs Best Fiction for Young Adults List
SeventeenBest YA Book of the Year
The GuardianBest Childrens Book of the Year
Entertainment WeeklyTop 10 YA Novel of the Year
BustleBest YA Book of the Year
BookPageBest Book of the Year
Bank Street Best Childrens Book of the Year
Indigo Best Book of the Year
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