Praise for WILDWOOD: "A richly satisfying weave of reality and fantasy." - New York Times Book Review "Meloy''s debut is the kind of delicate, elaborate fantasy that is so well versed in classic Narnian tropes that it is destined to be enthusiastically embraced." - ALA Booklist (starred review) "Meloy has an immediately recognizable verbal style and creates a fully realized fantasy world. Ellis''s illustrations perfectly capture the original world and contribute to the feel of an instant timeless classic." - School Library Journal (starred review) "Meloy''s storytelling skills, honed on his epic ballads for The Decemberists, translate well to prose. Ellis''s precise, detailed style evokes a folksy charm that is just right for the overgrown natural world of Wildwood and its inhabitants." - The Atlantic "This book is like the wild, strange forest it describes. It is full of suspense and danger and frightening things the world has never seen, and once I stepped inside I never wanted to leave.
" - Lemony Snicket "WILDWOOD is an irresistible, atmospheric adventure - richly imagined and richly rewarding." - Trenton Lee Stewart "The numerous types of creatures in the wood will keep readers'' attention, as will the dramatic tension that fills every corner of this Empire Strikes Back-type sequel." - School Library Journal Praise for WILDWOOD IMPERIUM: "Drawing from wildly original tropes and paradigms and populated by a wide cast of characters old and new, this portrait of a magical world just outside mundane reality brings the trilogy to a satisfying conclusion. Meloy gives his antic imagination full rein to produce work that.is brilliantly sui generis." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Dark and whimsical, with a true and uncanny sense of otherworldliness, WILDWOOD is the heir to a great tradition of stories of wild childhood adventure. It snatched me up and carried me off into a world I didn''t want to leave." - Michael Chabon "WILDWOOD is a beautiful object and a beautiful read.
One part fairy tale, one part coming of age story, one part unrepentantly gorgeous work of art, this book is overflowing with gifts." - Jonathan Safran Foer "The impeccable world-building, carefully developed characters (irascible Prue and tortured Alexandra, who is trying to end the world with an infant sacrifice that will awaken killer ivy, are particularly complex and memorable), and effective pacing easily keep this from being a preachy novel wedged into a fantasy setting. Liberally sprinkled throughout are intricate but accessible illustrations that primarily reflect but occasionally distort the text in intriguing ways. While there are relatively few loose ends in this lengthy novel, there is mention that further books about Wildwood are forthcoming, and Meloy has left just enough uncertainty to guarantee continuing interest." - Bulletin of the Center for Children''s Books "A quick, compelling read, smoothly written with a perfect balance of middle-school-age-appropriate simplicity and more challenging writing that makes the book adult accessible. An iconic children''s novel that embraces fantasy adventure rather than modern dystopian coming-of-age anguish." - A.V.
Club "A satisfying blend of fantasy, adventure story, eco-fable and political satire with broad appeal; especially recommended for preteen boys." - Kirkus Reviews Praise for UNDER WILDWOOD: "Droll and ornate, elegiac and romantic-the sequel to WILDWOOD (2011) brings readers deeper into and under the pine-scented, magical world tantalizingly close to Portland, Ore.The incomparable Ellis more than rises to the challenge-her sly, wistful, abundant illustrations provide an emotional through line." - Kirkus Reviews.