Sixteen-year-old Ben Larsson is angry. His mother is dead. His estranged father has dragged him to England, hoping that a fresh start in a new country will repair their damaged relationship. Ben is determined that this will never happen. Then, Ben's life is consumed by unexplained events. A complete stranger attacks him. The school outcast, a strange girl named Y vonne who talks to herself, follows him around like a stray puppy, insisting that Ben has been marked. He finds a bizarre twig image of himself on his doorstep. What is happening? Who or what is behind this? Meanwhile, an ancient force is luring Ben into the woods nearby. Will the knowledge he finds there bring back order to his life or complicate it in ways unimaginable?

 

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

There are 199 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Kids Can Press .

Gillian Chan is the author of Glory Days, Golden Girl and The Carved Box. She lives in Dundas, Ontario.