The Water and the Wild
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For as long as Lottie Fiske can remember, she has loved her green apple tree. It grows outside her window, constant and sure, and beneath its roots is an enchanted copper box, where a mysterious letter writer leaves Lottie birthday gifts.
On her twelfth birthday, Lottie asks for the most extravagant gift of her life: a remedy for her best friend, Eliot, who’s grown sick with an illness the doctors have called incurable.
Soon after Lottie makes her request, strange events begin to take place in her island town—events that draw Lottie into another world, rife with enchantment and danger . . . and the promise of a cure for Eliot.
Likened to the works of C.S. Lewis, Susan Cooper, and Lewis Carroll, The Water and the Wild is the perfect portal fantasy for young readers who want to explore a magical new world and for seasoned readers who want to envelop themselves in the whimsy and wonder of a fresh fantasy with a classical feel.
Dive into the spellbinding first installment of the Lottie Fiske Books, now out in a special tenth anniversary edition!
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About the author
Kathryn (K.E.) Ormsbee is the author of books for children and young adults, including Growing Pangs and The House in Poplar Wood. Her novels have been critically acclaimed, translated into eight languages, selected for the Indie Next List and Junior Library Guild, and made “best of” lists at Amazon, BookPage, Kirkus, NPR, and the Chicago and New York Public Libraries. You can visit her website at keormsbee.com.
