{"product_id":"the-hazel-wood-paperback","title":"The Hazel Wood | Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA missing mother. A forbidden estate. A collection of fairy tales that may not be fiction at all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeventeen-year-old Alice has spent most of her life moving from place to place with her mother, always trying to outrun the strange streak of bad luck that seems determined to follow them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen Alice’s grandmother dies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthea Proserpine was the reclusive author of a cult collection of dark fairy tales, written from her isolated estate known as the Hazel Wood. Alice has never known much about her grandmother or the stories that made her famous. But when Alice’s mother disappears and leaves behind a single warning — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estay away from the Hazel Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the boundary between those stories and Alice’s own life begins to collapse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer only possible ally is Ellery Finch, a classmate obsessed with Althea’s tales and the mysterious world they describe: the Hinterland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo find her mother, Alice must enter the Hazel Wood, follow the trail into the Hinterland, and confront the possibility that the stories she grew up avoiding may know far more about her than she knows about herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelissa Albert’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hazel Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a dark, atmospheric fantasy steeped in sinister fairy-tale logic, inherited secrets, strange bargains, and the unsettling feeling that some stories were never meant to stay safely on the page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReader Guidance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecommended age:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 13+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRomance \u0026amp; spice:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very mild. Romance is not the focus; no explicit sexual content.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThemes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e dark fairy tales, family secrets, identity, inherited stories, missing family, dangerous magical worlds, fate, friendship, and the power of storytelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent notes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e fantasy violence, death, kidnapping, threatening supernatural figures, strong language, disturbing fairy-tale imagery, and darker themes that may feel intense for younger readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e400 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1.1 × 8 × 5.2 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e March 26, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest suited for readers who enjoy:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e dark fairy tales, strange forests, supernatural mysteries, books-within-books, sinister folklore, magical worlds that feel slightly wrong, family secrets, and fantasy with a darker edge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68643403170073,"sku":"9781250147936","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1019\/9803\/5225\/files\/library-E104C053-4ED6-4C4F-8929-2BC372B6B08E-L0-001.png?v=1794506501","url":"https:\/\/thelovefern.com\/products\/the-hazel-wood-paperback","provider":"The Love Fern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}