The Poison Jungle

Sundew leads her friends to the Poison Jungle, where the LeafWings survive in hiding. She learns her parents used the flamesilk she took from Blue to set Bloodworm Hive on fire. She meets Willow, a SapWing, and Queen Sequoia, then sets out to find Hawthorn, an old LeafWing said to hold a cure for Wasp's control. Hawthorn hands them a root, but it is the breath of evil itself. The true enemy reveals itself: a thinking plant, the othermind, which has controlled Hawthorn for 50 years and controls Wasp too. Willow kills Hawthorn, and everyone flees. The othermind sets the jungle on fire, and the LeafWing and SilkWing refugees fly southeast toward islands shown on a map.

1. Behind the scenesThe fierce one

   Tui describes Sundew as a fierce LeafWing. She narrates book 13, out July 30, 2019.

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2. Behind the scenesLong wait

   After this book, fans waited almost two years for the next one: The Dangerous Gift didn't come out until March 2021.

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3. ReferenceVisitors from Pyrrhia

   Tsunami and Turtle, from Pyrrhia, have crossed the sea and are in Pantala, as the end of The Hive Queen showed.

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