THE MIRROR FOREST

By: N.P. POLLACK

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Thirteen-year-old Lila Wren used to laugh loud, draw wild, and have a best friend on every block.

But that was before the move.
Before school hallways turned sharp with whispers and cruel nicknames.

Now, Lila draws alone in her sketchbook... until one rainy afternoon, a strange tree with spotted bark glows beneath her pencil. When she touches the drawing, she's pulled into the Mirror Forest, a magical realm where trees reflect who you really are, and the only way forward is through the truths you most want to avoid.

Guided by Ember, a grumpy, sarcastic leopard with unchangeable spots, Lila must complete four trials to find the Warrior, the Inventor, the Healer, and the Speaker within herself. But when her sketchbook is stolen and destroyed in the real world, Lila faces her greatest challenge yet: believing the magic hasn’t left her… just because the pages are gone.

With the help of Jasper, her awkward, comic-book-obsessed friend, and the fierce strength inside her, Lila discovers that stories, like courage, don’t come from paper. They come from you.

A luminous, funny, and heart-deep adventure about standing up, speaking out, and sketching your truth, even when it shakes.