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.