Darkwood

Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing math. This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn't perform magic but does know a lot of math. When the sinister masked Huntsmen accuse Gretel of witchcraft, she is forced to flee into the neighboring Darkwood, where witches and monsters dwell. There, she happens upon Buttercup, a witch who can't help turning things into gingerbread, Jack Trott, who can make plants grow at will, the White Knight with her band of dwarves, and a talking spider called Trevor. These aren't the terrifying villains she's been warned about all her life. They're actually quite nice. Well, most of them. With the Huntsmen on the warpath, Gretel must act fast to save both the Darkwood and her home village while unraveling the rhetoric and lies that have demonized magical beings for far too long. Take a journey into the Darkwood in this modern fairy tale that will bewitch adults and younger readers alike.