Hannah & the Wild Woods

It’ s spring break, and 14-year-old Hannah Anderson is glad to be spending it with the “ Coast-Is-Clear” program — a group committed to cleaning Pacific Rim National Park’ s beaches of debris leftover from the tragic Japanese tsunami of 2011. Soon after Hannah arrives on the west coast, Jack, her raven sidekick, finds a small object washed up in the surf: a strange glass ball marked with a glowing Japanese character. Immediately, unusual things start to happen, beginning with the arrival of the mysterious “ Kimiko,” a Japanese girl with a secret past. Kimiko, it turns out, is a kitsune fox whose magic depends on the glass ball she lost in the tsunami. As Kimiko works alongside Hannah and the other members of her crew, she becomes increasingly unhappy with her life as an immortal kistsune and longs to join a family of humans. Can Hannah and her trickster raven help to make it happen?

Carol Anne Shaw has lived on southern Vancouver Island for the past thirty-five years. The “ Hannah” series grew out of her love of animals and nature, B.C.’ s rich and diverse history, and outdoor adventure in general. She loves writing for a young adult audience. Nothing thrills her more than receiving mail from young readers. Carol Anne lives in the Cowichan Valley, along with her husband Richard and Eddie their beagle. Visit her at carolanneshaw.com, or on Facebook at facebook.com/carolanneshawauthor