She wheeled just in time to see the hairy branch of a beech tree swooping down.

Three days lost and she knew, one way or another, there would not be a fourthâĬRACK! The girl jumped at the sound, then heard the popping crackle of splitting wood somewhere above. Had seen and heard things that still didn't seem realâa weathered thighbone so thick and long it could only have belonged to a giant the deafening thunder of thrumming wings and the shadow of an enormous dragonfly passing above the canopy. She had been lost in this forest for three days. A matted drape of spiders' webs covered her body, her only protection against the elements. And so were the things that lurked in the fog.Īs she hurdled over a rotting stump, a heart-sized dragon scale necklace bounced against her chest. Towering trees swayed overhead like mossy giants, and the small patches of sky she could see were black with clouds. She tore her leg free and raced into the mist, her bare feet crackling through a carpet of dead leaves and fallen needles. Nothing.Ī leafy tendril snaked up from the undergrowth and began to slither around her ankle. The only sound was her own frantic breath. Everywhere she turned she found dull gray shadows, and her mind put monsters in all of them. The air was wet, though it wasn't exactly raining. The girl's eyes darted through the misty pines. I F I' M STILL in this forest by nightfall, I'll never leave it again. Summary: “A girl from the forest enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons”âProvided by publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin to continue to publish books for every reader.

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