num_pages: 294
description: From Susan Dennard the New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlands series comes a haunting and high-octane contemporary fantasy about the magic it takes to face your fears in a nightmare-filled forest and the mettle required to face the secrets hiding in the dark corners of your own family.An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Barnes &amp; Noble YA Book Club PickAn Indigo Best Teen Book of 2022A Junior Library Guild PickAn Indie Next PickA Goodreads Most Anticipated YA BookHemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map your phone won't work here and the forest outside town might just kill you. Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries the ancient order that protects Winnie's townand the rest of humanityfrom the monsters and nightmares that rise in the forest of Hemlock Falls every night. Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor Winnie and her family have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday she can take the deadly Luminary hunter trials and prove herself true and loyaland restore her family's good name. Or die trying.But in order to survive Winnie enlists the help of the one person who can help her train: Jay Friday resident bad boy and Winnies ex-best friend. While Jay might be the most promising new hunter in Hemlock Falls he also seems to know more about the nightmares of the forest than he should. Together he and Winnie will discover a danger lurking in the forest no one in Hemlock Falls is prepared for.Not all monsters can be slain and not all nightmares are confined to the dark.
language: English
title: The Luminaries
publisher: Tor Teen