"A promising premise…dedicated teen fantasy fans might enjoy the unsual atmosphere of the Renaissance fair setting in this first book in the planned Faire Folk Trilogy." --VOYA



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The Dread Forest's Secret,
Coming in June, 2009!

New reviews for Into The Wildewood.

Keelie Heartwood's adventures as a part-elf/part-human continue in book two of The Faire Folk Trilogy. Getting to finally know her elf dad has generally been a good thing, although camping out in her dad's homemade gingerbread RV while acting out the 16th century isn't so fab. Keelie prefers hot showers and wearing a watch thankyouverymuch. If only her dad would wake up to the 21st century and buy her an iPhone so she won't lose touch with the real world!

But a mysterious unicorn sighting, fairies showing up in the oddest places, and that nasty, vain elf-girl Elia are all working against Keelie's chances to have a good time. And why hasn't Sean, the hot elf who kissed her, called? Right now, life as an elf isn't all that enchanting.

 

 

When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood is forced to leave her beloved California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival in Colorado. After arriving, Keelie finds men in tights and women in trailer trash-tight bodices roaming half-drunk, calling each other lady and lord even after closing time! Playacting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst nightmare.

Keelie has a plan to ditch this medieval geekland ASAP, but while she plots, strange things start happening—eerie, yet familiar. When Keelie starts seeing fairies and communicating with trees, she uncovers a secret that links her to a community of elves. As Keelie tries to come to grips with her elfin roots, disaster strikes, and Keelie’s identity isn’t the only thing that’s threatened.

One part human determination and one part elfin magic, Keelie Heartwood is a witty new heroine in a world where fantasy and reality mix with extraordinary results..


Into The Wildewood
ISBN: 0738713325
Publisher: Flux
June, 2008
Available now at Amazon.com

 


The Tree Shepherd's Daughter
Gillian Summers
ISBN: 0738710814
Publisher: Flux
September, 2007


For Into The Wildewood:

ForeWord Magazine Review – April, 1008
“Into the Wildewood, Gillian Summer's second book in The Faire Folk Trilogy, brings a fresh perspective to the genre with a crackerjack plot and razor sharp writing.”

KLIATT Review – July 2008
“Summers' first novel in The Faire Folk Trilogy, The Tree Shepherd's Daughter, is a delightful immersion into the magical forests, mysterious fairy folk, and a teenage protagonist with an attitude as charming as her curly bob. Into the Wildewood retains much the same appeal….A mixture of Clueless and The Two Towers that somehow melds them with style. Summers's book will attract both new fantasy recruits and diehard fans.” Cara Chancellor, Hollywood, FL

VOYA Review -- July 2008
“One of the most entertaining aspects of this fantasy trilogy is how the author interweaves the ordinary and fantasy worlds that Keelie inhabits. The book works on two levels, both as a contemporary teen “problem” novel and as a fantasy. Keelie's struggle to understand the nature of her friendship with Laurie is sensitively handled and adds dimension to her character. Fans of similar light “chick fantasy” novels, such as The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones will enjoy Keelie's adventures in the vivid and lively Renaissance Faire setting – Jan Chapman

TeensReadToo.com – August, 2008
“Compelling and beautifully written…a great follow-up to an already breathtaking first novel, fans of the series will be very satisfied.”



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