Kerry and the Knight of the Forest - Andi Watson
In this dreamlike fairy tale, Kerry, a young boy bringing medicine to his ailing parents, gets beguiled into entering a forest controlled by a malevolent spirit. Creatures such as giant birds, living bushes, and a colony of aggressive brambles try to trap and harm him, but a one-eyed sentient rock pledges to him Kerry find his way home. It's well written, with a good story and dialogue. I was a little disappointed in the ending, which doesn't really add up. It's very much a "pull tab here to defeat villain" kind of scenario. But the rest of the story is well done, and as I noted, the book is basically a fairy tale anyway. [4]
