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The Darkest Part of the Forest

by Holly Black

Ages: 12+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company/Hachette

ISBN: 978-0-316-21307-3

Keywords: Empowerment, Sexuality

For years, faeries and humans have co-existed in Fairfold. Then Hazel starts a chain of events that will alter both worlds forever.