Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Elissa has only just arrived. And she’ll do everything she can to escape.
The Memory Wood
What you need to know before your trail
When Elijah stumbles across thirteen-year-old Elissa, in the woods where her abductor is hiding her, he refuses to alert the police. Because in his twelve years, Elijah has never had a proper friend. And he doesn’t want Elissa to leave.
Not only that, Elijah knows how this can end. After all, Elissa isn’t the first girl he’s found inside the Memory Wood.
As her abductor’s behaviour grows more erratic, Elissa realises that outwitting strange, lonely Elijah is her only hope of survival. Their cat-and-mouse game of deception and betrayal will determine both their fates, and whether either of them will ever leave the Memory Wood
Travel Guide
Dare to enter the Memory Wood in Wales
This is a fictional setting as the wood is named after what happens there and even the lake nearby has been given a false name. The character realises that she doesn’t even know what it is called.
The setting of a creepy wood however is evoked well and you could visit any wood to get a sense of the dark, creepy undertones of the landscape where an abductor would live. Somewhere you really could hide out and escape from the world, and live off the grid.
Somewhere you could hide yourself and someone else….
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Memory Wood
Destination: Wales Author/guide: Sam Lloyd Departure Time: 2000s
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