false 86236 9 Jean Hegland's prose in <i>Into the Forest</i> is as breathtaking as one of the musty, ancient redwoods that share the woodland with Nell and Eva, two sisters who must learn to live in harmony with the northern California forest when the electricity shuts off, the phones go out, their parents die, and all civilization beyond them seems to grind to a halt. At first, the girls rely on stores of food left in their parents' pantry, but when those supplies begin to dwindle, their only option is to turn to each other and the forest's plants and animals for friendship, courage, and sustenance. <i>Into the Forest</i>, an apocalyptic coming-of-age story, will fill readers (both teens and adults) with a profound sense of the human spirit's strength and beauty. 595978 book 1996 Into the Forest total:1015|5:338|4:403|3:204|2:52|1:18| 1015 4036 1535 265 5 6 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 19:25:03 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 20 16:43:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 6 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat May 12 23:19:15 -0700 2007 Sat May 12 23:19:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 19:42:41 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 19:46:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Aug 02 21:20:39 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 21:23:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jun 07 07:36:51 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 07:39:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 5 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 04:47:03 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 18:40:17 -0800 2008
First off, I was a bit irritated by the implausibility of the characters' transformations from civilized girls to wild women. After reading The Omnivores Dilemma just a couple months ago, it was hard not to scoff at, say, the pig-hunting episode, or the "I'm gonna tea...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 04 07:45:13 -0800 2008 Fri May 02 19:50:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 08:57:24 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 09:12:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 27 06:33:17 -0800 2008 Fri May 02 21:21:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 12:24:05 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 12:30:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 19:29:03 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 13:00:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:05:21 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:17:51 -0700 2009
In Into the Forest, Hegland paints a very grim dystopian view of the near-future United States. The national b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:08:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:26:15 -0700 2009 Very poetic and lyrical novel about two sisters who endure an apocalyptic life they never imagined for themselves. This book is a chronicle or journal of reflections by Nell, the older sister of Eva. As Nell shares her story, we learn about the end of life as we know it, the end of dreams, t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 18:07:40 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 18:15:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:04:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:18:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Apr 25 21:07:40 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 22:09:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 20:12:39 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 20:18:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 5 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 08:44:21 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 11:35:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 18:54:25 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:34:11 -0700 2009
Hegland writes the voice of Nell, who records her daily life in a journal of almost-sacred spiral bound paper. Sacred...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 09:58:34 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 04:43:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=86236