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And the Trees Stare Back
- Author
- Gigi Griffis
- Narrator
- Rachel Yong
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 4 November 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Mental health
What to expect
Many go into the forest. Only one comes back.
1989, Soviet Estonia. In sixteen-year-old Vik's village—and the cursed forest that looms beyond—danger is everywhere. Soldiers threaten those who so much as dream of dissent. The villagers' words are sharp with accusations of witchcraft. And deep in the heart of the wood, a lantern-eyed spirit lies in wait to disappear those who wander too far past the trees.
Vik knows because five years ago, she led her little sister Anna over that invisible line—and never saw her again.
The only thing Vik has wished for since then is her sister's safe return. So when Anna stumbles back through the tree line on the anniversary of her disappearance, it's a miracle . . . Or is it a lie?
As unsettling inconsistencies between this girl and the one who vanished reveal themselves, Vik starts to doubt whether this Anna is her Anna—or something else entirely. Whoever she is, one thing is clear: she was never meant to escape the trees.
And unless Vik can uncover the secrets of the forest, it's going to take her back.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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- Author
- Gigi Griffis
- Narrator
- Rachel Yong
- Duration
- 9 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 November 2025
- ISBN
- 9798318510328
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Mental health
Synopsis
Many go into the forest. Only one comes back.1989, Soviet Estonia. In sixteen-year-old Vik's village—and the cursed forest that looms beyond—danger is everywhere. Soldiers threaten those who so much as dream of dissent. The villagers' words are sharp with accusations of witchcraft. And deep in the heart of the wood, a lantern-eyed spirit lies in wait to disappear those who wander too far past the trees.Vik knows because five years ago, she led her little sister Anna over that invisible line—and never saw her again.The only thing Vik has wished for since then is her sister's safe return. So when Anna stumbles back through the tree line on the anniversary of her disappearance, it's a miracle . . . Or is it a lie?As unsettling inconsistencies between this girl and the one who vanished reveal themselves, Vik starts to doubt whether this Anna is her Anna—or something else entirely. Whoever she is, one thing is clear: she was never meant to escape the trees.And unless Vik can uncover the secrets of the forest, it's going to take her back.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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