Jinx: 1 - Hardcover

Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx.--School Library Journal (starred review)

Flowing dialogue, easy interactions between the characters, a mixed Diana Wynne Jones/Lloyd Alexander vibe, and a setting both familiar and original make the novel immediately inviting and compelling.--The Horn Book

In this expertly paced, beautifully written fantasy, Blackwood elevates familiar fantasy elements with exquisitely credible characters who inhabit a world filled with well-drawn magic and whimsy.--Booklist (starred review)

Blackwood fills her tale with drama and delightfully funny dialogue.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

[Blackwood] puts her central three [characters] through a string of suspenseful, scary situations before delivering a properly balanced closing set of resolutions, revelations and road signs to future episodes.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A young boy named Jinx encounters magic and danger as he grows up in the deep, dark forest known as the Urwald and discovers that the world beyond—and within—the Urwald is more complex than he could ever imagine. 40,000 first printing.