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Anna doesn't know how she lost her mother. Or when. For as long as she can remember, she has lived in a lonely cottage by the sea with cranky old Mellwyn the fisherman.

But Anna yearns to know more about her past and the mother she can barely recall. If only she could go to the far side of the forest where the High Willow stands—and where Mellwyn found her as a baby, years ago.

Trouble is, the forest is haunted by deadly tree ghouls—the same ghouls who probably killed her mother! To solve the mystery of her shadowy past, Anna must face the ghouls themselves…and her own deepest fears.

Lyrical, spellbinding, and profoundly moving, T.A. Barron's tale is both truly magical and unforgettable.

Hardback ISBN: 0-399-23457-8
Paperback ISBN: 0-441-00994-8

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