Wing & Claw #1: Forest of Wonders

Name: Wing & Claw #1: Forest of Wonders
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Linda Sue Park
ISBN: 9780062448347

Author: Linda Sue Park

Series: Wing & Claw #1

Narrator: Graham Halstead

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/01/2016

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Action & Adventure Stories, Science & Nature Stories

Synopsis

From Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park, this is a captivating fantasy-adventure about a boy, a bat, and an amazing transformation. The first book in an enchanting trilogy, Forest of Wonders richly explores the links between magic and botany, family and duty, environment and home.Raffa Santana has always loved the mysterious Forest of Wonders. For a gifted young apothecary like him, every leaf could unleash a kind of magic.When an injured bat crashes into his life, Raffa invents a cure from a rare crimson vine that he finds deep in the Forest. His remedy saves the animal but also transforms it into something much more than an ordinary bat, with far-reaching consequences.Raffa’s experiments lead him away from home to the forbidding city of Gilden, where troubling discoveries make him question whether exciting botanical inventions—including his own—might actually threaten the very creatures of the Forest he wants to protect.

About Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medal winner for A Single Shard and #1 New York Times bestseller for A Long Walk to Water, is the renowned author of picture books and novels for young readers. She lives in Western New York. Learn more at lindasuepark.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda

He held the lantern higher, nerves tingling in anticipation.Raffa Santana is a young apothecary student, training under his father (Mohan) and his mother. Mohan, ever a cautious teacher, seems more intent on limiting Raffa's learning rather than encouraging it. "It's complicated," he......more

Goodreads review by Josiah

As much as any children's author of her era, Linda Sue Park—winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal for A Single Shard—had a widely varied body of work. Picture books and novels, historical and contemporary fiction, comedy and drama: she wrote all of these, to the approval of young readers everywhere. Fore......more

Goodreads review by Aelvana

Raffa has always had a gift for botanicals. But when an attempt to save an injured bat leads him to a new discovery, the consequences stretch far wider than he could have imagined. Now Raffa struggles to decide the best way forward, one that allows him to honor his training as an apothecary as well,......more

Goodreads review by Jane

From the publisher: The first book in a planned trilogy, Linda Sue Park’s enchanting new fantasy-adventure richly explores the links between magic and botany, family and duty, environment and home. Wing and Claw Book 1: Forest of Wonders, has much to recommend it. The cover is gorgeous, and the main......more