The Forest of Stars

Age range 12 to 16

Left all alone after her mother passes away, twelve-year-old Louisa watches the sky for her father.Long ago, a powerful gust of wind stole him away on the wings of his untamed magic - the samemagic that stirs within Louisa. As if she is made of hollow bones and too much air, her feet neverquite touch the ground.

But for all her sky gazing, Louisa finds her fortune on the ground when she spots a ticket to theCarnival Beneath the Stars. If her father fits in nowhere else, maybe she'll find him dazzling crowdsalongside the other strange feats. Yet after she arrives, a tightrope act ends disastrously -andsuspiciously.

As fate tugs Louisa closer to the stars, she must decide if she's willing to slip into the injuredperformer's role, despite the darkness plucking at the carnival's magical threads.