Treasure forest

Format:

Book

Title:

Treasure forest

Author:

Bordhi, Cat, 1951-2020.

ISBN:

9780441013692

Edition:

Ace trade pbk. ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Ace Books, 2006.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Forest inside trilogy (Ace Books) ;

Number in series:

BK. 1.

Summary:

Accompanied by a wheelchair-bound private eye, a three-legged bloodhound, a Zen master-like woman, and an acorn flute, Ben and Sara venture into the forest to solve Grandma Daphnes' last riddle: How can you retrieve a treasure from the bottom of a pond without disturbing the water?

Subject(s):

Spiritual life -- Juvenile fiction.

Nature stories.

Forests and forestry -- Juvenile fiction.

Spiritual life -- Fiction.

Nature -- Fiction.

Forests and forestry -- Fiction.

Genre:

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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How can you retrieve a treasure from the bottom of a pond without disturbing the water? This is the challenge left for Ben Maclennon by his grandmother, and the start of an enchanting new trilogy that will take readers deep into the heart of the natural world-and into the secrets of their own souls... After Grandma Daphne dies, Ben and his sister convince their parents to live in her home for one year, in spite of their mother's misgivings, and in spite of the fierce hermit who lives beyond the swamp. Ben is convinced that he and Sara can reawaken their parents' joy in the woods-to feel its comfort instead of fear. But it will take a wheelchairbound private eye with a threelegged bloodhound, a Zen-master-like woman, an acorn flute homing device, Grandma Daphne's invisible presence, a tree house knit right into a tree, and a golden thread to help them-and to discover the life-changing answer to the mysterious riddle of the pond.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

First published by a small press specializing in books on spirituality, Bordhi's young adult novel won the Nautilus Award at the 2004 BEA, but this relaunch is unlikely to win over older fantasy readers. The late Grandma Daphne's will requests that daughter Lily bring her family-husband, Peter; 13-year-old daughter, Sara; and 12-year-old son, Ben-to live in Daphne's forest house for a year. The children, sounding much younger than their given ages, immediately break all the rules set by their irrational, controlling mother. Ben almost dies at the hands of Daggett, Daphne's ex-lover turned woods-dwelling wildman, and then thanks him for the experience. Sara is whisked off by the spirit Esther to learn about inner peace, though this lesson doesn't include letting her family know where she is so they can also feel inner peace. Some may find Lily and Peter too flatly painted to take their eventual embrace of magic and wonder seriously, but all will cheer the one well-drawn character, a three-legged bloodhound named Matthias, as he leads the hunt for the missing Sara. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved