The Forest of Stolen Girls [Paperback]

Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur'sThe Forest of Stolen Girlsis a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page.

The forest watches me, hostile and still, with remembering eyes.

1426, Joseon (Korea).Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene.

Years later, Detective MinHwani's fatherlearns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared from the same forest that nearly stole his daughters. He travels to their hometown on the island of Jeju to investigate& only to vanish as well.

Determined to find her father and solve the case that tore their family apart, Hwani returns home to pick up the trail. As she digs into the secrets of the small villageand collides with her now estranged sister, MaewolHwani comes to realize that the answer could lie within her own buried memories of what happened in the forest all those years ago.

Also by June Hur
The Silence of Bones
The Red Palace
A Crane Among Wolves
Behind Five Willows

After her father vanishes while investigating the disappearance of 13 young women, a teen returns home to pick up the trail in this YA historical mystery from the author ofThe Silence of Bones.June Huris a bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of YA historicals, includingThe Silence of Bones,The Forest of Stolen Girls,The Red Palace, andA Crane Among Wolves. Born in South Korea, June spent her formative years in the USA, Canada, and South Korea before studying History and Literature at the University of Toronto, and working at the citys public library. Her work has been featured inForbes, NPR,The New York Times, CBC, and KBS. June resides in Toronto with her family and can be spotted writing in coffee shops.

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