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Nature and fiction

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Hi there!

Has anyone read Jean Hegland´s "Into the Forest"? If not I suggest you go ahead and order that book at once! It´s one of my favourite novels ever. "Into the Forest" is about two teenage sisters who live in a huge redwood forest in Northern California. Then modern civilization collapses, there is no electricity, etc. They loose their parents. The sisters have to adapt to the situation and learn to live from what they find in the forest and their garden.

The novel is so beautifully written and has this magic green spark to it. Original, engaging and despite the tragedies it is also good natured and humouros. The redwood trees are so vividly described that although I´ve never seen one in reality, I could almost feel the musty smell of them and feel their swampy reddish brown bark.

I´ve been searching for other novels that take place in the nature and are as enchanting and unforgettable as "Into the Forest". But I haven´t found anything like it. So if anyone has any suggestions, please tell me.
 
If you are not scared of books for younger readers may I suggest Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and Julie of the Wolves and My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George?

Also, I started a thread a while ago about nature literature, and lots of people gave me suggestions that I enjoyed quite a bit. I think the thread title is just Nature Literature.
 
Thanks

Hi Nomadic Myth,

I will look for those books and the thread you started. Actually, I read as many novels for grown-ups as children´s books. I want to become a children´s writer so I read quite a lot of books for younger readers. Well, that is not the only reason, I very much enjoy many of them as they are often very comical and imaginative. I wish more grown-up books had those qualities. "Into the Forest" is certainly both comical and imaginative, although it isn´t a novel for juveniles.
 
I totally agree about that magical quality books for children have. If you are into children's books, you will definitely enjoy the three I recommended. Plus those two authors have tons of other books with nature type themes. I'm going to have to try Into the Forest, because it is sure to be something I'll enjoy.
 
I read "My side of the mountain" when I was a kid. Very memorable book and certainly worth a look by older readers.
 
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