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Willa of the Wood
Willa of the Wood | Robert Beatty
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Beatty comes a spooky, thrilling new series set in the magical world of Serafina. Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young nightspirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk in the cover of darkness and takes what they won't miss. It's dangerous workthe day-folk kill whatever they do not understand. But when Willa's curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in a day-folk man's home, everything she thought she knew about her peopleand their greatest enemyis forever changed.
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hannah-leeloo
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Look what came today @curiouserandcurioser

curiouserandcurioser @hannah-leeloo Yay! cant wait to read with you💜 i should be ready for book 4 by Sunday:) ill email you 8mo
hannah-leeloo Ok sweet no rush, look forward to hearing from you @curiouserandcurioser 8mo
curiouserandcurioser @hannah-leeloo ❤ off to painting for a bit first! 8mo
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Nessavamusic
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📚Yes quite a few, my most reread authors are Marianna Zapata and Kristen Ashley
📚It can be when I‘m just wandering a book store. I love a pretty cover.
📚Tagged is very much about man vs nature

#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94

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Scochrane26
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Catching up from yesterday. #litsyspringbreak The forest is a happy place for me. Love a book that has the forest as a setting. #forest @TheKidUpstairs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TheKidUpstairs Beautiful! ❤❤❤📚 3y
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berko
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Very good. Read twice for bedtime reading. Scary parts!

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Sweetkokoro
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Oh this was beautiful, it did get slow a few times but overall it was beautiful. Willa does go through some horrendous situations, and there are some really dark moments in the story, but there are just as many beautiful situations to balance it out. There are moments when the story shows beauty and love can be found in even the darkest of situations.

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MaggieCarr
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Wow, Beatty does it again. World building, entranced reading from the first page. Willa is a young night-spirit of the Great Smoky Mountsins, and her clan's best thief. She learns of her tribe's bad leadership and misuse of power, leading them to steal children and torture them, further ignites Willa drive to be different.

Literary themes: cons of clear-cutting deforestation, reading & writing is power, importance of heritage, family dynamics

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Nessavamusic
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Just finished this beautiful book as the sun sets. It was absolutely lovely. It also takes place in one of my favorite places-The Great Smokey Mountains. A tale of a Faeren girl (sort of a Wood Sprite/Fairy type person) and her interactions with her clan and the humans moving in and laying waste the the forests in 1909 America. But not all humans are what she thinks. A lovely tale, great for middle grades and up! #BookSpin March a bit late!

TheAromaofBooks Lovely review - and it's never too late for a #bookspin read!! 4y
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Sweetkokoro
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My daughter and I just finished Max Crumbley Vol 2 and we don‘t currently own volume 3 and the library is closed. Soooo I‘m hoping she will pick one of these 3 middle grade books that we own to read together.

I still a struggle to get her to read, which is frustrating as she used to love it before her father bought her a cellphone without speaking to me first about it, oh the joys of spilt parenting 🙄 any tips to get an 11 yr to read???

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e.c.vitoria
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Rissa1
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#wintergames #tmskellington #selfiescavengerhunt wrapping books as gifts. My face reflects how terrible I am at wrapping presents. @Crimson613

coffees 16pts!! 12-12 xD 4y
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Rissa1
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I was shocked to find how much I liked this book. I bought it on our way off of the Clingman's Dome trail, for my niece. I have started reading the books I give her, and in this one I added notes. I live finding things in my books, hopefully she will too. #wintergames #tmskellington #christmasgiftformyniece #Christmastraditions @Crimson613

coffees 41pts! 4y
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Rissa1
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When you are playing the #wintergames and Netflix previews, A Christmad Prince: The Royal Baby, you watch it. #tmskellington @Crimson613 #christmasmovie

coffees 6pts! 4y
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Rissa1
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Home alone and Christmas wrapping in progress. Turning on this wintery, Hallmarkish, movie. #wintergames #tmskellington #hallmarkmovie @Crimson613

coffees 6pts! 4y
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Rissa1
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Q,L,O,R,A,E,G,C,H,N,J,M,D,K,F,P,I,B

#Wintergames #tmskellington @Crimson613

coffees 37pts! 4y
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#wintergames #tmskellington @Crimson613
1. Year
2. Match
3. City
4. Heat
5. Hair
6. Stem
7. Cash
8. Share
9. Steam
10. Ram
11. Chair
12. Earth
13. Shy
14. Mast
15. Rat

coffees 46pts!! 4y
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Rissa1
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Came in my room to put laundry away, turned on the tv and guess what was on... Home Alone. I even caught it only a few minutes in.😁 #tmskellington #wintergames #christmasmovie @Crimson613

coffees 6pts! Awesome :D 4y
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I need to get reading! I need to finish these before I give them to my Niece and Nephew, put notes in them, and get them wrapped for Christmas.

wordslinger42 Willa of the Wood was fantastic! He's one of my favorite writers 💚 4y
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bookshapedheart
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I loved the main character a lot. Willa was interesting and so was the Appalachian world she inhabits. Pioneers, Fae people, animals and an author that loves trees ❤️❤️❤️

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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I forgot to post this but I completed my first reading challenge of the year.

LibrarianRyan yeahhhhh 5y
Jas16 🙌🏽 5y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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Books three and four read! @24in48

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ravenlee
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Willa is a 12-year-old night-spirit, stealing from humans to support her clan. But everything changes when she gets hurt on a thieving run. Everything she has been told about humans is a lie. Can she believe anything else her leader says?

Willa goes through exile, develops independence, and nurtures the old ways of her family. Along the way she finds home and love, then risks it all to save the one she loves.

3.5/5

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ravenlee I like the folklore, the old ways that Willa‘s mamaw instilled in her. I like her affinity for growing things, but her gradual acceptance of human ways that seem destructive at first. But Willa as revolutionary and martyr was kind of a stretch for me. And if this is a series starter I don‘t know where it can go from here. I liked it but didn‘t love it. 5y
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ravenlee
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That moment when you snap out of the group-think and begin to establish your own identity.

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hdhubbard
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8/10 Good book, YA fiction. Shorter book, read it in one sitting. Interesting characters, with enough going on to make it enjoyable. Well worth the time to read.

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alisiakae
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1. The tagged book is on my #TBR and I love the cover!
2. Nope - we don‘t really do anything for Valentine‘s Day. Not our thing.
3. Pink
4. I have no idea!
5. 👍👍👍

#Friyayintro

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erinjohns
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Oh...my...goodness...this book awakened my love for trees, nature, woodland creatures. An incredibly woven story full of adventure and empowerment for young girls to be bold and fearless.

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Addison_Reads
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Because I loved the setting of the Great Smoky Mountains in this book so much, I decided to join the #ReadingUSA2019. @Librarybelle

Willa is a girl after my own heart; a child of the forest, who can't understand the damage that humans cause the world around them. This is a middle grade book, but it's so well written that all ages can appreciate and enjoy it. The way Beatty describes Willa's connection to the Earth made my heart happy.

Librarybelle That looks good! Thank you for joining! 5y
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Addison_Reads
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Getting in a little reading time and since it's cold and rainy outside, Willow, my super cuddly black lab mix wanted to snuggle in bed with me. 💚 #dogsoflitsy

readordierachel 💕💕 5y
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e.c.vitoria
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Emily92Bibliophile
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I could not put this book down! Read it in two sittings - why have I not read Beatty‘s books before?! Fixed that problem and have the Sarefina book 1 on hold at library. Also have multiple books from the Goodreads Choice Awards (Middle School ) on hold! Can‘t wait for the rest of the Willa series to come out !

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toofondofbooks
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#augustwrapup number 2

SamHeartCoffee How was Sleeping Beauties? 6y
toofondofbooks @SamHeartCoffee I did not enjoy it. I posted a ranty review about it lol 6y
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toofondofbooks
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This is a delightful story. I love how Beatty delves into American folklore in his books. Willa is a magical story set in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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toofondofbooks
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Things to do while #audiobooking - clean out my fridge. I threw out everything expired or old and now we have no food lol. Grocery shopping is tomorrow thankfully. We are even out of apples. We never run out of apples 🤣🍎🍎I'm really enjoying the tagged book. I may end up liking Willa better than Serafina (Beatty's other series)

#audiobook #ThingsToDoWhileAudiobooking

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leahrosereads
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What a whimsically, wonderfilled novel. Willa was an excellent character to follow and her heart and desire to be good were inspiring.

There were definitely some dark elements to this story, and I loved how the author weaved those situations with the fantastical.

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lauralovesbooks1
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Excellent fiction for young readers that like their magic on the grimmer side. Appalachian folklore set at the turn of the century -- loved it.

BookishMe GORGEOUS cover! 💖💖 6y
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jfalkens
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Finished my first book of #24in48Readathon it was very good #LitsyAtoZ #LetterB @BookishMarginalia @24in48

Laura317 I almost bought that last night. Now I will! 6y
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jfalkens
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Wild Friday night here 😂 How's everyone's night or day going?

CatGV Ohhh, the cover is so beautiful! And as Friday nights go, it‘s pretty good: I am writing a paranormal short story with werewolves and I just went and checked out Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick from the library. Thank you very much for asking! :) 6y
jfalkens @CatGV the cover is beautiful! I love when they add something special under the jacket. Sounds like a fun night! How's your story coming? 6y
Elizabeth2 Wild night here too! I just finished After You and then perused my shelves for a bit searching for the next read. Now that I‘ve picked it, I‘m getting ready to start a new adventure. 😉 My family are all attached to devices (separately) at the moment...movie, video games and videos. 🙄🤷‍♀️ Beautiful Cover! (edited) 6y
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jfalkens @Elizabeth2 what adventure are you going on next? my husband's at work so I'm free to read uninterrupted too! He usually plays a video game while I read. It really is 😍 it has deckled pages too! 6y
Gina Quite cool night in WI. Looking forward to crawling into bed with my latest read. I will definitely be leaving the lights on as I read this thriller. That cover is FAB-U-LOUS! 6y
mariaku21 I'm in love with that cover.. Is it the inside cover? 6y
jfalkens @Gina have fun 😊 6y
jfalkens @mariaku21 it's the cover without the dust jacket 😊 6y
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Yeah_I_Read
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BethM That cover 😍 6y
Yeah_I_Read @BethM @youneverarrived it‘s a good read so far too! 6y
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KatieCarpenter
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Wow. I love the world that this book created. I loved Willa and her determination, her love for her people and the forest.

I felt like the message about the ‘loggers‘ and what they were doing was a maybe a little overt at times, but it was still a beautifully told story about love and family and loyalty.

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toofondofbooks
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I enjoyed Beatty's Serafina series. Excited for this new one!

KristinaRay I love the cover! It‘s so pretty! 6y
toofondofbooks @KristinaRay it's even prettier IRL. The woods have a different texture so it feels neat too. 6y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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Robert Beatty was fabulous! I can‘t wait to read this book.

MrBook 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @MrBook Thank you! 🙂 6y
jmtrivera I've heard great things, so keep us updated! 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @jmtrivera Thank you and I will. I loved his Seraphina series. 6y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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At author signing event today for this book and North Carolina author.

DivineDiana Great picture! ❤️ 6y
kspenmoll What fun! 6y
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toofondofbooks
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Sticking with anticipated new releases for July.
#julyinbooks18
@bookisglee

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PatriciaU
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Beatty‘s debut, Serafina & the Black Cloak, was at the top of my “Best Of” list for 2015 and I have devoured the two sequels, so picking up Willa of the Wood was a no-brainer for me. 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. Full review at https://itsallaboutthebook.org/2018/06/19/willa-of-the-wood-by-robert-beatty/

robinb Wow...beautiful cover! ❤️ 6y
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BethFishReads
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Super fun gift / swag from Disney-Hyperion to help celebrate release of new MG novel set in the Serafina universe. Thanks, Disney! #WillaoftheWood