The second book in the series, Serafina and the Twisted Staff, became a #1 New York Times best seller in the first week of its launch and earned a 'Starred Review' from Kirkus Reviews, which said, 'Even better than its predecessor, a sequel that delivers nonstop thrills from beginning to end.' Enjoyed by both young readers and adults, the books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide. Serafina and the Black Cloak was a #1 New York Times best seller, has been on the list for more than 60 weeks, and won the prestigious 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. The Serafina Series is a spooky mystery-thriller about a brave and unusual girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate. WILLA OF DARK HOLLOW, which can be read as a stand-alone story or as a follow-up to WILLA OF THE WOOD, is now available for order. He is also an Executive Producer for the WILLA live-action television series that is currently in development. Robert Beatty is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Serafina series and Willa of Dark Hollow, both published by Disney Hyperion. What do you do when you realize that the society you were born and raised in is rife with evil? Do you raise your voice? Do you stand up against it?Īs forces of unfathomable destruction encroach on her forest home, Willa must decide who she truly is, facing deadly force with the warmest compassion, sinister corruption with trusted alliance, and finding a home for her longing heart. Only then does she begin to discover the shocking truth: that not all of her day-folk enemies are the same, and that the foundations of her own Faeran society are crumbling. When Willa's curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in the day-folk world, she calls upon the old powers of her beloved grandmother, and the unbreakable bonds of her forest allies, to escape.

It's dangerous work-the day-folk kill whatever they don't understand-but Willa will do anything to win the approval of the padaran, the charismatic leader of the Faeran people. She creeps into the cabins of the day-folk under cover of darkness and takes what they won't miss. Willa, a young night-spirit, is her clan's best thief.

Willa and the wood