num_pages: 368
description: A new adventure about a girl who is fated to wash the bodies of the dead in this companion to Furthermore.Our story begins on a frosty nightLaylee can barely remember the happier times before her beloved mother died. Before her father driven by grief lost his wits (and his way). Before she was left as the sole remaining mordeshoor in the village of Whichwood destined to spend her days washing the bodies of the dead and preparing their souls for the afterlife. Its become easy to forget and easier still to ignore the way her hands are stiffening and turning silver just like her hair and her own ever-increasing loneliness and fear.But soon a pair of familiar strangers appears and Laylees world is turned upside down as she rediscovers color magic and the healing power of friendship.
language: English
title: Whichwood
publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers