The Beginning Woods

A 2018 Carnegie Medal Nominee A MYSTERY NO ONE CAN SOLVE The Vanishings started without warning. People disappearing into thin air—just piles of clothes left behind. Each day, thousands gone without a trace. A BABY NO ONE WANTED Abandoned in a bookshop, Max has grown up haunted by memories of his parents. Only he can solve the mystery of the Vanishings. A SECRET THAT COULD SAVE THE FUTURE To find the answers, Max must leave this world and enter the Beginning Woods, a realm of magic and terror wh