Winterwood

To the readers of this story, if you find yourself in a dark wood, without a match to light the way. Be your own light.

About the Author

SHEA ERNSHAW lives and writes in a small mountain town in Oregon, where she shares her home with her husband, a tiny dog named Diesel, and two furry felines. She is happiest when lost in a good book, lost in the woods, or writing her next novel. You can connect with her online at www.sheaernshaw.com.

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Copyright

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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition November 2019

Text copyright © 2019 by Shea Ernshaw

Jacket design and illustration copyright © 2019 by Jim Tierney

Jacket art direction by Sarah Creech

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ernshaw, Shea, author.

Title: Winterwood / by Shea Ernshaw.

Description: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. | New York : Simon Pulse, 2019. |

Summary: “Rumored to be a witch, Nora Walker attempts to uncover the truth about a boy she discovers in the woods who went missing weeks ago during a brutal winter storm, only to learn that he wasn’t the only one to go missing all those weeks ago”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019018245 |

ISBN 9781534439412 (hc) | ISBN 9781534439436 (eBook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Fantasy. | Witchcraft—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction. | Time travel—Fiction. | Missing children—Fiction. | Forests and forestry—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.E755 Win 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019018245