The Remembering – Middle Grade Adventure Story

From the darkness… a call from the trees.

Deep in the soul of the world a being is growing, feeding on the destruction of the natural world. The Forgetting is seeping through the Rings of Time, bringing dark rain, poisoned mists, and deep fractures in the earth. The Rings are nearing collapse, the ancient Tree Council needs help.

Escaping the torment of his neighbours, the twins, Jack runs to the woods, his place of sanctuary and the Tree Council see their chance, Jack is their hope. They transport him through their magical Root Network and ask him and his scruffy dog Stan to undertake a dangerous journey to help restore the balance, to bring about a remembering. To Jack's initial horror, the trees also bring Mia, one of the twins and their lives are entwined in a way they could never have anticipated.

The adventure takes them beyond their wildest imaginings, meeting wise elders, facing tempestuous primal worlds, turbulent rivers, and a mighty storm - with near tragic consequences. Discovering strength, friendship, belonging and hope. A thrilling adventure to the heart of the earth.

The book has heart deeply rooted in nature and ecology, and running alongside are themes of loss, bullying, resilience, friendship, and hope.

“Since the dawn of time, a being has lived deep in the earth. It is said it came from the stars and settled in the earth’s core, undisturbed. It acted as a kind of pendulum, holding the balance in the darkness. But, when the destruction started, the being fed on the sadness that came with it; it did this in an attempt to rid the world of it, but the balance faltered and, with time, it has become the sadness, the destruction, become the nothingness. It carries a numbing, as if it wants to suck everything back into the void and the ancient shadows. The balance lost. We call it The Forgetting,” Taxus the Yew