Season of Secrets

Welcome to Scholastic Booktalks where we recommend brand new Scholastic books that we think you will love. Today's booktalk is: Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls, author of Ways to Live Forever.

Molly doesn't understand why real life can't be how it is in books. In books, mysteries are solved, questions are answered and parents thought to be dead always come back. Sadly, in Molly's case, this doesn't happen. Molly and her sister Hannah have lost their mother. Since she passed away, their father cannot care for them, so he sends them to live with their grandparents in another town.

Hannah absolutely hates living with her grandparents and desperately wants to run away. She convinces Molly to go with her on a stormy night. When Molly loses track of Hannah, she gets lost in the woods and runs into a man who is being hunted! The man barely survives, but tells Molly to go home before she can find out any information about him.

The next day, Molly and her classmates go on a field trip to a local church. While on the trip, Molly sees a man made of stone and realizes that he is the hunted man from the night before. But this is impossible! The man she saw the night before was very much alive and this man is made of stone. Molly asks her teacher about the man made of stone and she learns that he is known as The Green Man. Rumor has it that he used to be the god of spring or summer, and that he is somehow connected to death and rebirth.

Molly and her sister both want to return to their old house and live with their father. If their mother were still alive, they could return to being a part of a happy, normal family. Could this man bring her mother back to life?

— Jen, Scholastic Booktalker

Comments

[Comment #1]

that sounds like a good book i want to read it

[Comment #2]

Sounds pretty good...I guess

[Comment #3]

Yeah I think it's definitely got my eye

[Comment #4]

That sounds like a really good book!!!!!!

[Comment #5]

Not my type of book. But it sounds O.K.
Try Inkheart. Now that's a good book!

[Comment #6]

this sounds really coool

[Comment #7]

Is it just me or is there a face on the cover?

[Comment #8]

i have better things to do than read

[Comment #9]

what up
what are u doing at home girl

[Comment #10]

wat did u say

[Comment #11]

i luv this book! :)

[Comment #12]

be friends

[Comment #13]

Never heard of it. it sounds like a great book tough. i think i am going to go look for it at my public library!!

[Comment #14]

-These Book Sounds Alright i Guess , I would Love To Read It .

[Comment #15]

yeah, i really want to read this book, it sounds really great
thanks

[Comment #16]

Yes, there is a face on the cover. It sounds...interesting. Intriquing. et cetera.

[Comment #17]

Thanks! This sounds like a great book and I will be keepin my eyes peeled for it!!! thanx :)

[Comment #18]

i like the sound of this book it sounds good ihink at our book fair next week i am goin to buy the book and read it i will tell u how good it really was when i finnsh it i bet it will be a good one

[Comment #19]

sounds cool

[Comment #20]

i want to read it.

[Comment #21]

Sounds cool, I wanna read it! And to Starrninjarawr, you're right, there is a cover on the face. But you have to zoom in to see it. nice eye!

[Comment #22]

This looks like an amazing book! Seems like something I would read! ;}

[Comment #23]

omg! i love inkheart!

[Comment #24]

is this book about keeping secrets andtelling them!!

[Comment #25]

OMG it sounds a lot like me. I really want to read this book. :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)