Into the Glades

By Laura Sebastian

Four friends venture into a cursed swamp to reverse death and confront their deepest grief.

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304 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Cordelia and Larkin's peaceful swamp home is cursed after Cordelia's father dies. To save their land and bring him back, they embark on a perilous journey with their brothers. As they seek a witch rumored to reverse death, they face magical creatures and the overwhelming grief that threatens to consume them. Will they find the witch and break the curse, or will the swamp's dangers and their own sorrow prove too great?

From the publisher

New York Times bestselling author Laura Sebastian makes her middle grade debut with an emotional fantasy adventure about four friends who journey through a magical, Everglades-inspired swampland to break a curse tied to the death of a loved one. Best friends Cordelia and Larkin have always called the Glades–a peaceful swamp full of magical creatures–home. But when Oziris, Cordelia’s father and the leader of their village, dies unexpectedly, a dark curse sweeps over the land. The girls know that the curse must be tied to Oziris’s death, and they’re determined to break its hold on their home and bring Oziris back to life. Together, Cordelia, Larkin, and their two little brothers set off into the wild Glades in search of an elusive and enigmatic witch who is rumored to have the power to reverse death. The Glades are no longer a familiar and friendly place, though, and danger lurks around every corner. But on their journey, the children discover that the most difficult challenge isn’t wild marsh-maids or bogilisks or dragon-gators–it’s the grief threatening to consume them.

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