The Glade

Synopsis

Ellen Oh&’s Spirit Hunters meets Katherine Arden&’s Small Spaces in this middle grade supernatural mystery following a girl whose discovery of a magical clearing near her summer camp ends up putting her best friend in danger.Pina&’s first trip to summer camp is a chance to escape her overbearing parents and finally go on an adventure with her best friend, Jo. But Camp Clear Skies hides a secret: a clearing in the deep woods the older kids call &“the Glade.&” After falling asleep here, Pina and Jo are able to enter one another&’s dreams, transforming into superheroes and knights in shining armor, fighting back their nightmares in epic adventures. At first, the friends think they&’ve discovered a secret more exciting than any video game—until Pina&’s nightmares start leaking out into waking life. Worse, something seems to have followed them back from those dreams…and whatever it is, it&’s taking over Jo. Jo has always been the superhero in their friendship, but Pina can&’t just abandon them to their fate. To save her friend, Pina journeys deeper into the Glade than she ever has before, facing the worst of her own fears and Jo&’s. There, she must confront the consciousness trying to steal her friend&’s body and learn what happened twenty years ago that shut down Camp Clear Skies and changed the Glade forever.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781665949828

Related ISBNs:

9781665949804

Publisher:

Aladdin

Date of Addition:

05/27/25

Copyrighted By:

Upswell Media LLC

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Horror, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Outdoors and Nature

Grade Levels:

Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade

Reading Age:

9–13

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.