02280cam a2200421 4500 892832762 TxAuBib 20230718120000.0 140502s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011018958 9780765327925 alk. paper 0765327929 alk. paper 9780765366344 pbk. 0765366347 pbk. TxAuBib Willingham, Bill. Down the Mysterly River / by Bill Willingham ; illustrated by Mark Buckingham. 1st ed. New York : Tor/Starscape, 2011. 333 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. "A Tom Doherty Associates Book.". MAx "the Wolf" is a top-notch Boy Scout, an expert at orienteering and a master of being prepared. So it is a little odd that he suddenly finds himself, with no recollection of his immediate past, lost in an unfamiliar wood. Even odder still, he encounters a badger names Banderbrock, a black bear named Walden, and McTavish the Monster (who might also be an old barn cat - all of whom talk - and who are as clueless as Max. Before long, Max and his friends are on the run from a relentless group of hunters and their deadly hounds. Armed with powerful blue swords and known as the Blue Cutters, these hunters capture and change the very essence of their prey. For what purpose, Max can't guess. But unless he can solve the mystery of the strange forested world he's landed in, Max may find himself and his friends change beyond recognition, lost in a lost world....) 20230718. Human-animal communication Juvenile fiction. Animals Juvenile fiction. Scouting (Youth activity) Juvenile fiction. Memory Juvenile fiction. Forests and forestry Juvenile fiction. Fantasy. Human-animal communication Fiction. Animals Fiction. Scouting (Youth activity) Fiction. Memory Fiction. Forests and forestry Fiction. Young adult fiction. Buckingham, Mark. TXHSB