{"product_id":"osmo-unknown-and-the-eightpenny-woods-hardcover","title":"Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherynne M. Valente\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I loved every speck of it.\" --Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Drank the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Tim\u003c\/i\u003ee\u003ci\u003es\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes an inventive middle grade fantasy that follows a boy journeying away from the only home he's ever known and into the magical realm of the dead to fulfill a bargain for his people.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOsmo Unknown hungers for the world beyond his small town. With the life that Littlebridge society has planned for him, the only taste Osmo will ever get are his visits to the edge of the Fourpenny Woods where his mother hunts. Until the unthinkable happens: his mother accidentally kills a Quidnunk, a fearsome and intelligent creature that lives deep in the forest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNone of this should have anything to do with poor Osmo, except that a strange treaty was once formed between the Quidnunx and the people of Littlebridge to ensure that neither group would harm the other. Now that a Quidnunk is dead, as the firstborn child of the hunter who killed her, Osmo must embark on a quest to find the Eightpenny Woods--the mysterious kingdom where all wild forest creatures go when they die--and make amends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanied by a very rude half-badger, half-wombat named Bonk and an antisocial pangolin girl called Never, it will take all of Osmo's bravery and cleverness to survive the magic of the Eightpenny Woods to save his town...and make it out alive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherynne M. Valente is an acclaimed, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling creator of over forty works of fantasy and science fiction, including the Fairyland novels and \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Town Game\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and has won the Otherwise (formerly Tiptree), Hugo, and Andre Norton award. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her partner, young son, and a shockingly large cat with most excellent tufts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.36 x 8.56 x 5.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382347153586,"sku":"9781481476997","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9c955ea7d2db9b33463fc10791755098.webp?v=1777833789","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/osmo-unknown-and-the-eightpenny-woods-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}