A 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee An Amazon Best Book of the Month, July 2018 A Readerlink Buzz Pick, July 2018 Recommended by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Okra Pick for representing the "best in Southern literature" A BN Kids's Best Book for Young Readers, July 2018 A Brightly Best Children’s and YA Book of July 2018
"A moving, atmospheric journey of hope." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Beatty conjures up a resourceful, compassionate heroine. Full of atmospheric details and rickly described magic . . . this well-paced tale asks insightful questions about the relationship between nature and humans." —Publishers Weekly
“The heroine is an appealing character . . . and her anguish is clear as she wavers between frightened self-preservation and her desire to help her friends.” —School Library Journal
"Willa is a strong and likable creature of the natural world, and seamlessly represents themes of loyalty, tradition, family, and stewardship of the Earth in this engaging story." —School Library Connection
"Willa of the Wood will grip readers from its first page." —Culturess
"I have come to expect lush description, clever plotting, and memorable characters from Beatty, but I was unprepared for the flat-out gorgeousness of Willa of the Wood." —It's All About the Book
Robert Beatty is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Serafina series, the Willa of the Wood series, and Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood, all published by Disney Hyperion. Loved by young readers and adults alike, his books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide and have been translated into over 22 languages. Robert lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and three daughters. He writes full-time now, but in his past lives, Robert was one of the early pioneers of cloud computing, the founder/CEO of Plex Systems, the co-founder of Beatty Robotics, and the chairman/CTO of Narrative magazine. In 2007, he was named an Entrepreneur of the Year. When asked about the inspiration for his books, Robert said, “The Serafina and Willa books grew out of my desire to write stories about unusual and heroic young girls for my three daughters."
A 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee An Amazon Best Book of the Month, July 2018 A Readerlink Buzz Pick, July 2018 Recommended by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Okra Pick for representing the "best in Southern literature" A BN Kids's Best Book for Young Readers, July 2018 A Brightly Best Children’s and YA Book of July 2018
"A moving, atmospheric journey of hope." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Beatty conjures up a resourceful, compassionate heroine. Full of atmospheric details and rickly described magic . . . this well-paced tale asks insightful questions about the relationship between nature and humans." —Publishers Weekly
“The heroine is an appealing character . . . and her anguish is clear as she wavers between frightened self-preservation and her desire to help her friends.” —School Library Journal
"Willa is a strong and likable creature of the natural world, and seamlessly represents themes of loyalty, tradition, family, and stewardship of the Earth in this engaging story." —School Library Connection
"Willa of the Wood will grip readers from its first page." —Culturess
"I have come to expect lush description, clever plotting, and memorable characters from Beatty, but I was unprepared for the flat-out gorgeousness of Willa of the Wood." —It's All About the Book
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Robert Beatty is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Serafina series, the Willa of the Wood series, and Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood, all published by Disney Hyperion. Loved by young readers and adults alike, his books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide and have been translated into over 22 languages. Robert lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and three daughters. He writes full-time now, but in his past lives, Robert was one of the early pioneers of cloud computing, the founder/CEO of Plex Systems, the co-founder of Beatty Robotics, and the chairman/CTO of Narrative magazine. In 2007, he was named an Entrepreneur of the Year. When asked about the inspiration for his books, Robert said, “The Serafina and Willa books grew out of my desire to write stories about unusual and heroic young girls for my three daughters."
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