Twelve-year-old Ariel knows that if a friendly tree gives you advice, you should take it. Unfortunately, unlike her best friend, Zeke, she hasn't the talent for speaking with trees. So when she finds a mysterious relic in the woods, leafy warnings only confuse matters, and she assumes the telling dart is merely an artifact from a forgotten age. But when the dart gets Ariel kidnapped, she realizes her discovery was no accident. If she's clever enough to escape, perhaps she can also unravel what the dart can reveal about a legendary treasure and her own startling calling.

Inspiration
My travels in both Ireland and New Zealand inspired this book. In particular, charismatic boulders near Queenstown and impressive trees in the Christchurch botanical garden began speaking to me. When I listened, Ariel and Zeke and their stories began to take shape.