I recently praised illustrator Chris Riddell's Ottoline books; if you liked those detailed, charming pictures, then you'll like The Edge Chronicles, too!In the first of Riddell's collaboration with Paul Stewart, Beyond The Deepwoods, we get to know Twig, a young boy who was raised in a village of woodtrolls in the wild, sprawling Deepwoods. He's always been a little different; and we find out why: he's not a woodtroll at all. He's a human, left on the doorstep of his adoptive parents when he was little. Soon after discovering this, he is sent off to spend some time with a relative. Woodtrolls are taught never to stray from the path, for fear of the many deadly creatures, and even plants, in the heart of the Deepwoods. So what does Twig do? Yup, he leaves the path.
The woods have a lot in store for poor, confused Twig; from venomous hover worms to flesh-eating bloodoaks; ferocious wig-wigs to termagant trogs; and worst of all, the terror of the Deepwoods himself, the Gloamgloazer. This book is action-packed; talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire, and back again! Twig is a very endearing character, and the many details of the creatures of the land of the Edge are amazing. The Twig trilogy in the Edge Chronicles continues in Stormchaser. There are many branches to the series, however, which you'll want to check out as well!
Happy reading!
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