Shadow Forest
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| Author | Matt Haig |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | The Bodley Head |
Publication date | 3 May 2007 |
| Pages | 416 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-370-32936-9 |
| OCLC | 81452950 |
Shadow Forest is a children's novel by Matt Haig, published in 2007. It won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award,[1] was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize[2] and has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.[3]
Plot
Samuel Blink is a 12-year-old boy living in England. He and his family, consisting of his ten-year-old sister, Martha Blink, his mum Liz Blink and his dad Steve Blink. They are going to a surprise place because it is Martha's birthday. Suddenly, a log falls on their car killing both their parents.
A week later, a letter comes from his Aunt Eda from Norway. The letter states that they will be coming to Norway the next day. They arrive at Norway and Samuel is not impressed. They get to a shop in Flam and all the villagers look at them with strange looks. They get to their new house, right next to the dreaded Shadow Forest, and Samuel has a feeling he has been there before. One evening Samuel is told the secret of Shadow Forest. Uncle Henrik had gone into the forest 10 years ago and never came out. One day Samuel goes up to the attic and finds a book, Creatures of Shadow Forest, and tucks it under his jumper. When he gets back to his bedroom Martha is gone.
Audiobook
An audio book version of Shadow Forest, read by James Daniel Wilson was released by Clipper Audio. It strayed slightly from the main storyline.