Books with title The Devil in the Woods

New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones teams up with acclaimed cowriter Steven Wedel in the supernatural mystery, In the Woods…It should have been just another quiet night on the farm when Logan witnessed the attack, but it wasn’t.Something is in the woods. Something unexplainable. Something deadly.Hundreds of miles away, Chrystal’s plans for summer in Manhattan are abruptly upended when her dad reads tabloid coverage of some kind of grisly incident in Oklahoma. When they arrive to investigate, they find a witness: a surprisingly good-looking farm boy.As townsfolk start disappearing and the attacks get ever closer, Logan and Chrystal will have to find out the truth about whatever’s hiding in the woods…before they become targets themselves.

Long, long ago, a little girl named Laura Ingalls lived in a little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their good old bulldog Jack. One chilly fall day, Pa tells Laura and Mary that he must go into the Big Woods to look for a deer, for there is no meat left to eat in the little house. The next day Pa comes home not with a deer, but instead with a very special story to tell Laura and Mary.

"The Devil in Iron" is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in August of 1934. Howard earned £115 for the publication of this story.The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon due to the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap that lures Conan to the island fortress roamed by the demon. -from Wikipedia

"The author's familiarity with this time period and her ability to write a story of hope, despite the havoc of the weather, makes this a fantastic book." ~ Romantic TimesJune 1933 . . . Their small Oklahoma town is dying. Lillian remembers how acres and acres of wheat once waved under jewel-blue skies. Now the dirt stretches across the flat land as far as she can see.Emma's husband is missing. She keeps house, keeps her five children fed as best as she can, and keeps smiling as her hope fades. But when the days stretch to weeks, she faces the possibility that he will never come home. Left with the likelihood of losing their farm, and the ever-present pangs of hunger, she is forced to consider opportunities that, under normal circumstances, she would never contemplate.Jessie, Emma's oldest daughter, completes her tasks as if numb. Forced to wear her mother's shoes to avoid the humiliation of bare feet, she watches the dead, dirt road for signs of life.And then he comes.His new car and shiny shoes and generous way with gifts and money catch Jessie's eye, much to the dismay of her mother … and much to the concern of the minister's wife, Lillian. He's too smooth, too willing to help, and much too eager to spend time with a girl less than half his age. But who is to say he is not the miracle they all prayed for?Lillian and her husband stand by, helpless, as they realize that the winds carry more than one kind of evil, and as they are all forced to decide where the evil lies: in hunger, or in hope.Written for the General Market (G) (I): Contains little or no; sexual dialogue or situations, violence, or strong language. May also contain some content of an inspirational nature.

After the passing of her parents, Lyra has been living with her selfish and uncaring aunt, uncle, and cousin. When a camping trip goes horribly wrong, she flees from the miserable life she once lived and enters a place that no other person could in the deepest, unknown part of the woods. She finds herself surrounded by unusual clans of people with different purposes, creatures that were once believed to be fairytales, and the great wonders of sorcery. As she begins her new life in this new world, secrets unfold and enemies are battled.

Here are lots of great year-round ideas and fun-filled activities for kids who love the outdoors.Mark a trail, make a bug trapper, weave a windcatcher with sticks and yarn, learn about the animals that make those nighttime noises. Find animal homes, search for toads or snakes, and play detective with a tree stump. You can learn new and surprising things about the natural world, about chipmunks and salamanders, woodpeckers and centipedes. And you'll discover how you can play your part in caring for the natural environment.In the Woods is a fascinating, action-packed introduction to the exciting world of forest natural history.

Everyone knows the Hag lurks in her bower in the Old Wood of Annisthorpe listening for children so she can seize and devour them, but fourteen year old Tom Gibson is beginning to wonder if the famous local legend is more than just a story.When a construction company buys the Old Wood to replace the trees with new houses, Tom's interest in the story escalates and he attracts the attention of strange, morphing shadows who follow him everywhere like benign spirits. He goes to the wood with his video camera to film the trees before they are felled, but while there uncovers a mystery deeper than he ever imagined.Now Tom sets out to untangle the puzzle of the Old Wood before fresh new houses obliterate the ancient trees he loves.