03123cam a2200541 i 4500 1158334721 TxGeo 20240229120000.0 230420s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023937116 2023937116 9780063266537 hbk. 0063266539 hbk. TxGeo rda Netz, Mo, author. The lumbering giants of Windy Pines / Mo Netz. First edition. New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] ©2024. 199 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into the woods, never to been seen again. Not to mention that Jerry's mom keeps vanishing to do 'special work' that she refuses to discuss. When her mother doesn't come home one morning, Jerry springs into action. Luckily, she's not alone. Paul, a pocket-size imaginary dragon, and Chapel, a new friend with a penchant for the supernatural, join Jerry's search for her missing mom. But along the way Jerry discovers her mother's terrible secret: she's not a housekeeper at all; in fact, she's been defending the town from demons that have been haunting it for generations. Armed with nothing but a Ren Faire sword and a backpack, Jerry and her friends venture into the forbidden woods to save Jerry's mother. But the 'demons' hiding there aren't what they seem, and Jerry must unravel the truth behind the town's legend, or risk losing what's left of her family"-- Provided by publisher. "Ages 8-12"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket. 20240404. Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee, 2025-2026. Children with disabilities Fiction. People with disabilities Fiction. Wheelchairs Fiction. Hotels, motels, etc Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Dragons Fiction. Demonology Fiction. Monsters Fiction. Giants Fiction. Magic Fiction. Georgia Fiction. Adventure fiction. Fantasy fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee 2025-2026. HarperCollins (Firm), publisher. QS5