Otherwood, Pete Hautman
Otherwood, Pete Hautman
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Otherwood

Author: Pete Hautman

Narrator: Michael Crouch

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/11/2018


Synopsis

What happened in the woods that day? Pete Hautman’s riveting middle-grade novel touches on secrets and mysteries — and the power of connections with family and friends.

“Hatred combined with lies and secrets can break the world.” Grandpa Zach used to say that before he died, but Stuey never really knew what he meant. It was kind of like how he used to talk about quantum physics or how he used to say ghosts haunted their overgrown golf course. But then one day, after Stuey and his best friend, Elly Rose, spend countless afternoons in the deadfall in the middle of the woods, something totally unbelievable happens. As Stuey and Elly Rose struggle to come to grips with their lives after that reality-splitting moment, all the things Grandpa Zach used to say start to make a lot more sense. This is a book about memory and loss and the destructive nature of secrets, but also about the way friendship, truth, and perseverance have the ability to knit a torn-apart world back together.

About Pete Hautman

Pete Hautman is the author of many books for young adults and adults, including the National Book Award–winning Godless, the Klaatu Diskos trilogy, and Eden West. He is also the author of the middle-grade novel Slider. Pete Hautman divides his time between Wisconsin and Minnesota.


Reviews

Throw away whatever YA you’re reading at the moment and start with fantastic middle grade fiction like this. You won’t be disappointed by the medley of fantasy, quantum physics, characters and suspense. This book is simple, but complex. It has a plot that is easy to understand, but so intricate in al......more

Goodreads review by Jane

4.5 stars for Otherwood -- one of my favourite middle grade reads of the year! We follow Stuey and his friend Elly Rose who each have magnificent imaginations and a love for the woods between their homes. Upon discovering they share a birthday, Elly Rose declares them soulmates and the two children s......more

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Goodreads review by Wendi

*4.5 stars* Stuey’s summer is looking up when he meets Elly Rose, a girl who shares his birthday and declares them to be “soul mates.” They build a kingdom of castles and imagination in the woods bordering their homes, close despite the deep rifts in their families from generations before. But then E......more

It's funny how I didn't understand what was going on and still love this book! Will definitely write a review of this book!!......more