The Hazel Wood

An illustrated golden gate, castle, woods, and tree branches intertwine with white birds, knives, city buildings, and combs.
Melissa Albert

Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away—by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set.

Award Years
2020-2021
Award Category
SC Young Adult Book Award