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Prue McKeel's life is ordinary. At least until her brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, a dense, tangled forest in the middle of Portland. No one's ever gone in - or at least returned to tell of it.
So beings an adventure that will take Prue... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Prue McKeel: An independent, high-spirited seventh grader who is determined to rescue her kidnapped baby brother taken somewhere into the Impassable Wilderness.
- Curtis Mehlberg: A comic book fan boy and a bit of an outcast. He follows his classmate Prue into Wildwood.
- Mac McKeel: Prue's one-year-old baby brother who is abducted by a murder of crows.
- Alexandra Svik: The Dowager Governess, widow of the late Governor-Regent Grigor Svik, exiled to Wildwood and now the leader of the coyotes.
- Iphigenia: A human of North Wood who serves as the Elder Mystic.
- Brendan: The Bandit King of Wildwood; a human.
- Dmitri: A coyote soldier imprisoned for his attitude about protocol and attacking Vlad.
- Richard: The Postmaster General; he regularly travels the Long Road from South Wood to North Wood to see the mail through.
- Septimus: A rat who secretly lives in the coyotes' warren and enjoys hanging out with the prisoners.
- Penny: A maid who works at the Mansion and served Prue.
- Enver: A sparrow in attendance to the Crown Prince.
- Sterling Fox: A fox in charge of the Constabulary of the People's Collective of North Wood.
- Samuel: A hare who serves as a Constable to the People's Collective of North Wood.
- Seamus: A hot-tempered bandit prisoner of the coyotes.
- Cormac: A boastful bandit prisoner of the coyotes.
- Prue McKeel: A kind girl aged fifteen. She follows her brother, Mac, into Wildwood.
- Owl Rex: He is a great horned owl and the Crown Prince of the Avian Principality, and was great friends with the late Governor-Regent Grigor Svik.
- Commandant: He is the harsh coyote commander of the Dowager Governess' soldiers.
- Warden: The coyote in charge of all of the coyotes' prisoners.
- Aisling: A fourteen-year-old girl who is eager to fight for the bandits. She really wants to use a rifle.
- The General: A great golden eagle in service to the Crown Prince.
- Eamon Donnell: A younger bandit prisoner of the coyotes.
- Mr. Secretary: An older man working as the Governor-Regent's attaché.
- Lars Svik: Governor-Regent of South Wood and nephew of the Dowager-Governess.
- Roger: He is a human who works as an aide to the Governor-Regent.
- Makism: A coyote serving the Dowager Governess' aide-de camp.
- Vlad: A coyote soldier attacked by his compatriot Dmitri.
- Jonesy: He is a human member of SWORD who grows award-winning peonies.
- Devon: The lone, injured survivor of a troop of bandits.
- Annie: A fighting village bandit.
- Damian: An older bandit in charge of munitions.
- Iris: A second-year human acolyte of The Mystics.
- Sergei: A coyote soldier who attacks Curtis.
- Devrim: A golden eagle serving as acting-general for the Avian Principality.
- Lydia and David Mehlberg: The parents of Curtis, who are planning to send him to sleep-away camp in the summer.
- Henbane: A horse belonging to the Bandits.
- Jenkins: A border guard of South Wood.
- Sorgum: A border guard of South Wood.
- Hydrangea: A deer who is a Mystic of North Wood.
- Borya: A coyote attendant to the Dowager Governess.
- Corpus: A coyote attendant to the Dowager Governess.
- Phillip: A human who works at the Mansion.
- Alexei Svik: The twice dead son of Alexandra and Grigor Svik.
- Grigor Svik: The late Governor-Regent of South Wood, and great friend to the Crown Prince.
- Mystics: The Mystics of North Wood are responsible for the Periphery Bind around the Impassable Wilderness.
- SWORD: The South Wood of Rehabilitation and Detention--the name of the secret police working for the Mansion.
- Bette: She is the ill wife of Richard.
- Timothy Emerson: A younger friend of Curtis' who is a passivist.
- Wiliam J. Pittock: The man who buildt the Mansion.
- Sawyer the Lawyer: A dishonest shyster who steals from the poor; featured in a bandit song.
- Jock Roderick: The Brave Bandit of Hanratty Cross who thwarts Sawyer the Lawyer in the bandit song.
Quotes edit
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“I was born a hangman's cub /Whelped and weaned on maggoty grub /Torn right from my dead pa's whiskers /So listen close, my brothers and sisters. /Hey! Hey! Catch that rat! /Tie him up and boil 'im in his fat /Loose one finger if he is feckless /Wear it as a noose or wear it as a necklace.”
Setting & Locations edit
Wildwood
- Portland, Oregon: A city in Oregon.
- Wildwood
- North Wood: Home of the Mystics and peaceable farmers.
- South Wood: Home of the Governor-Regent and the Mansion.
- The Avian Principality: Home to the birds of Wildwood.
- Long Road
- St. Johns
- Mansion: Located in Southwood
- Railroad Bridge
- Gap Bridge
- Devon
- Svik
First Sentence edit
How five crows managed to life a twenty-pound baby boy into the air was beyond Prue, but that was certainly the least of her worries.
Table of Contents edit
PART 1
A Murder of Crows
One City's Impassable Wilderness
To Cross a Bridge
The Crossing
Denizens of the Wood
The Warren of the Dowager; A Kingdom of Birds
An Evening's Entertainment; A Long Journey Ended; Going for a Soldier
To Catch an Attaché
A Lesser Svik; To the Front!
Enter the Bandits; An Ominous Note
A Soldier Distinguished; Audience with an Owl
An Owl in Irons; Curtis's Conundrum
PART 2
To Catch a Sparrow; Like a Bird in a Cage
Among Thieves
The Delivery
The Flight; A Meeting on the Bridge
Guests of the Dowager
On Returning; A Father's Admission
Escape!
PART 3
Three Bells
Wildwood Revisited; A Meeting with a Mystic
A Bandit Made
Call to Arms!
Partners Again
Into the City of the Ancients
The Wildwood Irregulars, a Name to Conjure With
The Ivy and the Plinth
Wildwood Rising
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Wildwood Chronicles. (standard series)
Followed by Under Wildwood.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
ISBN: 9780062024688
Page Count: 560
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
ISBN: 9780062024688
Page Count: 560
Awards edit
- E.B. White Read Aloud (2012: Middle Reader, Tied for award)
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- Wildwood Chronicles: The official website for the book.
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