The Fickle Forest #3: A Serial Chapter Book Series - Softcover

Butler, P.K.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798985028164

Publisher: Pinchey House Press, 2024

Synopsis

Owen the Owl Boy confides disturbing news to members of the Bird Club in book three of this serial chapter book series of seven books.

Club members discover paths leading from their backyards to three cedar trees within the Fickle Forest. Owen says that the forest itself is inviting them in! Yet he warns that if they enter, the forest can shift and change and cause them to get lost. Despite the risk, the club decides to investigate these paths only to discover an even larger threat.

Other books in The Bird Club, a single extended story told through seven books.

Book 1: Ben and the Bird Girl. Third grader Ben meet a “bird girl.” She’s a crow most of the time and at others a girl.

Book 2: The Owl Boy. A "bird boy" wants to join Benita's Bird Club. She's happy until learning that he is a Great-horned Owl, an enemy of crows everywhere!

Book 4: The Three-Cedar Secret. In the Fickle Forest, three cedar trees hold the truth behind the Bird Girl’s origin and destiny.

Book 5: The Impossible Divide. Benita the Bird Girl and Owen the Owl Boy enter a strange borderland that separates the human world from one reserved entirely for animals.

Book 6: Wild World. Owen the Owl Boy travels with Benita the Bird Girl to her home world. Though no place for kids, Wild World also calls to the Bird Club members who won't be left behind.

Book 7: Sunrise. Benita, Owen, and the Bird Club petition the High Council of Crows to restore Benita's ability to transform between crow and girl. But will the Council do so? And what will it tell Benita and Owen of their true natures and missions on Earth?

About this title

About the Author

P.K. Butler is a Pennsylvania-based author of children's books, including the middle grade trilogy Of the Wing and an illustrated serial chapter book series The Bird Club. Butler earned a Master of Art degree in English from the Pennsylvania State University and thereafter taught in higher education, distance education, and adult basic education. Throughout her teaching career, she has volunteered as a literacy tutor, a teacher's assistant (grade school), and as an ESL instructor. Butler's middle grade trilogy Of the Wing has earned editorial praise, with An Odd Bird selected by BlueInk Review for its monthly showcase of "exceptional independently published titles" within Booklist Magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pinchey House Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798985028164
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 82