Fans of Shannon Hale and Kelly Barnhill will delight inthis charming and richly imagined middle grade fantasy debut, featuring awicked queen, magical animals, a henchman with a golden heart, and a small girlwith a great destiny.Many years ago, in the kingdom of Fenwood Reach, therewas a powerful Windwitch who wove the seasons, keeping the land bountiful andthe people happy. But then a dark magic drove her from the realm, and the worldfell into chaos. Brida is content in her small village of Oak Hollow. There, she's plenty occupied trying to convince her fickle magic to actually do whatit's meant to in her work as a hedgewitch's apprentice--until she accidentallycatches the attention of the wicked queen. On the run from the queen's huntsman and her all-seeing Crowspies, Brida discovers the truth about her family, her magic, and who she isdestined to be--and that she may hold the power to defeating the wicked queenand setting the kingdom right again.