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In a world woven from root and song, the forest is forgetting itself. Before light had a name, the Great Oak sang one endless note that held every leaf, every heartbeat, every hope. Then the melody faltered. Silence birthed the Blight-a patient, creeping sickness that turns memory to ash and kindness to fear. Leaves blacken. Rivers lose their reflections. Even the oldest roots begin to doubt they were ever alive. Gilly is small, even for a hedgehog. A keeper of forgotten lore with soft grey quills and a heart too gentle for war, he is the last who can still hear the world's first song fading beneath the earth. When the Blight claims Elder Rowan and fear crowns a new tyrant in the Wildernest, Gilly must leave the only home he has ever known. Carrying nothing but a trembling sprout of living light and the stubborn courage of his silver-furred friend Pip, Gilly descends into the Whispering Roots-ancient passages that remember everything the surface has tried to bury. There, in caverns of crystal memory and mires that reflect your worst doubts, they will face Memory Eaters, a guardian twisted into nightmare, and the Shadow-Stag whose pride once broke the world. Joined by Bramble, a scarred warrior seeking redemption, they learn that magic is not power-it is remembrance. To heal the forest, they must sing truths no one wants to hear: that strength without kindness is hollow, that fear is the Blight's truest voice, and that even the deepest wound can close if someone is brave enough to forgive. Lyrical, luminous, and deeply moving, The Gilly Chronicles: The Whispering Roots is a love letter to quiet courage and the stubborn persistence of hope. Perfect for readers of The Green Ember, Watership Down, Redwall, and The Wilderlore series who believe the smallest hearts can carry the oldest songs-and that a world worth saving is a world worth remembering. ""A tender, breathtaking tale where every leaf has a voice and every silence matters."" Ideal for middle-grade and young adult readers (9-99) who still listen for magic beneath the leaves.

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