Ruth Hatfield: 3 books

Eleven-year-old Danny O'Neill has never been what you'd call adventurous. But when he wakes the morning after a storm to find his house empty, his parents gone, and himself able to hear the thoughts of a dying tree, he has no choice but to set out to find answers. He soon learns that the enigmatic...

After rescuing his parents, Danny returns to his old life, burying the taro that allowed him to speak to animals, trees, and the very storms that led to his adventure. Danny thinks he's left magic and mystery behind, but Sammael, a creature of terrible imagination, refuses to let him go. A...

Danny's cousin Tom has been killed—and forgotten. All memories of Tom have been erased, as though he had never existed. For a while, there is peace. Until Danny remembers. Determined to restore what has been lost, Danny seeks out Cath, living far from civilization. But other troubles loom....