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by Ethel Cook Eliot
An orphan girl child is rejected by the human world and undertakes a journey through a magical forest
A wonderful fantasy written by Ethel Cook Eliot, first published in 1921.
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Ethel Cook Eliot wrote children's books (The House Above the Trees, The Wind Boy), teenage mysteries and adult novels (Ariel Dances, Green Doors).
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