The crosswood / Gabrielle Prendergast.
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, 14-year-old Blue Jasper must enter the enchanted Crosswood when his twin siblings are kidnapped by a Faerie king."-- Provided by publisher.
Blue Jasper is on a hike with his younger siblings, twins Indigo and Violet. One moment the twins are right ahead of him, and the next they are gone. As Blue frantically searches for them, a strange woman appears claiming to be the Faerie Queen Olea of Nearwood and the twins' real mother. Indigo and Violet have been captured by Olea's rival and now, because of a magical pact, Blue must travel through the magical forest of the Crosswood and rescue them before the next sunset. Because the price of a broken Faerie pact must be paid.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781459826625
- ISBN: 1459826620
- Physical Description: 106 pages ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes an excerpt from another Orca Currents: The Wherewood by Gabrielle Prendergast. |
Target Audience Note: | HL460L Lexile Decoding demand: 85 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 65 (high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.3 2 511549. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic format. |
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Subject: | Siblings > Fiction. Magic > Fiction. Forests and forestry > Fiction. Young adult fiction. |
Genre: | Fairy tales. Fantasy fiction. Fiction. |
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Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | J PRENDERGAST (Text) | 0001002432068 | JUV Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary
The Crosswood
In the first book of the Faerie Woods series, Blue must find his way into the magical forest known as the Crosswood and through the dangerous Faerie lands beyond it. Fourteen-year-old Blue Jasper takes his younger siblings, twins Indigo and Violet, out for a hike to give their mother a break. One moment the twins are scampering in the trees right ahead of him, and the next moment they are gone. As Blue frantically searches for them, a strange woman appears in the forest claiming to be the Faerie Queen Olea of Nearwood and the twins' real mother. Now because of a magical pact, Blue's mother's life will be in danger if he can't find the twins before the next sunset. Will he be able to find the twins in time? And will they be able to find their way out again? This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!