Wildheart by Bec Manser
Wildheart is a fast-moving fantasy with detailed world building, secretive Rangers, danger in the forest and a thoughtful ending, as Nettle fights to save Fern and prove her sister was coerced.
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Bec Manser is a children’s author published by Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children’s UK.
Her debut novel, Wildheart, is the first book in the Wildheart series. The paperback edition is published on 4 June 2026 (ISBN 9780241753194).

Wildheart is a fast-moving fantasy with detailed world building, secretive Rangers, danger in the forest and a thoughtful ending, as Nettle fights to save Fern and prove her sister was coerced.
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