2026 DCL Kids Reading Challenge: Book Set in a ForestLike this list

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• 2026 DCL Kids Reading Challenge

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  Win a Denver Zoo Annual Family Pass in this year's random prize drawing of the kids challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win.

• At the Edge of Lost

  Brockenbrough, Martha

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  Caleb and his loyal wolfhound, Ronan, are torn apart when their quiet life in Seattle is upended in this fast-paced survival tale.

• The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest

  Hartman, Aubrey

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  In this emotional folktale about loss and vulnerability, Clare, the undead fox who helps usher souls to the afterlife, finds his life upended when a mysterious badger appears.

• The Witch in the Woods

  Collings, Michaelbrent

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  After moving to Idaho, twins Willow and Jake find themselves in a fairy tale world in which Grimm's Fairy Tales are real. They must team up with the magical being Old Eli to fight the witch, save Hansel and Gretel, and uncover the origins of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Haru. Book 1, Spring

  Latham, Joe

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  A small bird named Haru and their best friend, a pig named Yama, find themselves on a dangerous journey as they seek to remove an evil "heart of briar" from Yama in this incredible graphic novel.

• Last Rhee Witch

  Lee-Yun, Jenna

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  Blending Korean folklore with suspense, this supernatural mystery unfolds when Ronnie Miller encounters a gwishin and uncovers chilling secrets tied to a string of murders while at Camp Foster.

• Oddity Woods. 1

  Davault, Kay

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  Armed with a lie-detecting magnifying glass and chased by a sinister ghost train conductor, Marietta ventures into the eerie Oddity Woods to uncover the truth behind her father's disappearance in this darkly enchanting graphic novel.

• The Forest of a Thousand Eyes

  Hardinge, Frances

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  In a world where a ravenous Forest devours all it touches, young Feather ventures along a crumbling wall with her ferret, Sleek, to reclaim her community’s stolen spyglass.

• Wayward Creatures

  Lorentz, Dayna

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  After a reckless mistake sparks a devastating forest fire, seventh‑grader Gabe must complete community service as restitution, during which he encounters Rill, a wounded coyote struggling to survive.

• The Secrets of Underhill

  Wallace, Kali

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  While helping her mother investigate a blight on the magical ironwood trees, Nick Sixsmith uncovers corruption within the powerful Forestry Company and must forge an alliance with the Underhillers to get justice.

• What Lives in the Woods

  Currie, Lindsay

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  Ginny Anderson, budding detective and Agatha Christie fan, spends her summer in a haunted Michigan mansion, Woodmoor, in this paranormal detective story.