I just finished reading this wonderful story, by Colin Meloy, called Wildwood.  Where to even begin to describe the writing within these 500 plus pages…mesmerizing, might due. I proclaim this story will become a major motion picture within the next few years.  Whether it be live action or animation, I’m not quite certain.  Perhaps Book 2 will be out prior to the movie….time will tell.  In the meanwhile, keep tabs on A Dull and Witless Boy and while you’re waiting, get your hands on a copy of WildWood.  You won’t be disappointed.

Listen to how the story begins: Prue McKeel’s life is ordinary. At least until her brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, a dense, tangled forest on the edge of Portland. No one’s ever gone in – or at least returned to tell of it. Oh, and in addition to the story, Carson Ellis has created the illustrations.  Just try to choose which one you like the best. For me, it’s a tough decision amongst; the cover, the image on Page 231 where Curtis [and others] are held prisoners, and the the color illustration of Prue flying with the eagle.

Watch the trailer. [scroll down]