Wildwood
core novel 2011 The Wildwood Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.71 (38,537 ratings, collected 2026-09-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062024688 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Wildwood follows Prue McKeel, a seventh-grader from Portland, Oregon, whose baby brother Mac is suddenly snatched away by a murder of crows and carried into the Impassable Wilderness, a vast, unmapped forest at the edge of the city that ordinary Portlanders are forbidden, and largely unable, to enter. Determined to get her brother back, Prue crosses into the forest with her classmate Curtis Mehlberg and discovers Wildwood, a hidden, magical realm hosting its own societies of talking animals, bandits, and feuding factions, entirely unknown to the outside world. As the two searching children become entangled in Wildwood's political turmoil, they begin to uncover unexpected personal connections to this parallel world, drawing them deeper into a struggle whose stakes reach far beyond simply recovering Mac.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Wildwood Chronicles
- Series: The Wildwood Chronicles core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Colin Meloy
Notes
- From the series record (The Wildwood Chronicles): Complete trilogy; all Core Canon.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Wildwood Chronicles: position 1 of 3: next Under Wildwood (2012)
Sources
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