The Empty Place, Olivia A Cole
The Empty Place, Olivia A Cole
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The Empty Place

Author: Olivia A Cole

Narrator: Hannah Church

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/12/2024


Synopsis

A powerful and imaginative story about a girl fighting to find her way back home from a mind-bending land of the lost. When Henry’s father goes missing in the forest on her tenth birthday, her entire world shatters. The last thing she expects is for him to emerge from the trees exactly one year later, unharmed and bearing a gift for her—a strange necklace. 

Everyone says her father’s reappearance is a miracle, but Henry wants real answers to her questions. Where did her father go? How did he get back? And what’s the truth behind his gift?  Wearing the necklace and carrying only a simple map, Henry enters the same forest that swallowed her father. But beyond the trees, she finds a world more incredible and dangerous than she ever imagined. It’s a place for all who are lost, and there’s no clear method of escape. As Henry follows in her father’s footsteps and searches for a way home, she discovers that the truth she’s seeking isn’t as simple as she hoped, and if she wants to leave this world, she’ll have to be braver than she’s ever been.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tammy on January 05, 2025

This is a great read for older children, younger teenagers. I'm not big into fantasy, but it was enough to keep me interested.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 15, 2025

I like that Henry, the main character, has friends that are from all different cultures and their names reflect that. I did not like that I was discovering the dynamics of the plot before Henry was.......more

Goodreads review by flick on March 24, 2025

3 Stars 7th Grade + The book starts with a promising premise. A magical quest of an adventure trying to follow a map and learn dark secrets. It has the foundation of a good story with good writing and a strong concept. I will recommend this book to my middle grade students because I do genuinely belie......more

Goodreads review by ✧ Beanie on December 16, 2024

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. 2.5 rounded up This is very much an instance of a book not being for me. I didn't expect the writing style here. It was very reminiscent of a literary style, with it leaving room for lots of thought. This is in n......more

Goodreads review by Rupert on January 23, 2025

Every human being feels lost at some point in their life. What if, when that feeling is very strong, you would get pulled into another world. A world where all the people there are lost. Adults, children, even animals. A world where all those lost people have created and live in a community. A worl......more


Quotes

PRAISE FOR WHERE THE LOCKWOOD GROWS

This book is a wonderful breath of fresh air, a mystery of nature and our environment that is brimming with heart. Read, learn and fall in love with Erie's adventure to save her home and her family.—Kwame Mbalia, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the TRISTAN STRONG series

Olivia Cole is quite simply one of the finest and most unafraid storytellers....She listens, and then she translates, in bold and beautiful words, all the things that matter to her, and most definitely should to us.—Kwame Alexander, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE DOOR OF NO RETURN

Lyrical, imaginative, and timely– WHERE THE LOCKWOOD GROWS not only makes readers think about their place in the natural world and their own personal responsibility, but is also a gripping and entertaining adventure.—Jasmine Warga, New York Times bestselling author of OTHER WORDS FOR HOME

Beautifully written and full of insight and adventure, Where the Lockwood Grows is a timely, ambitious story about justice and finding one’s place in the world.—Ashley Herring Blake, award-winning author of IVY ABERDEEN’S LETTER TO THE WORLD