I’m so excited to bring this spine-tingling book to you. The It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell Book Tour is hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours.

The legend of Bigfoot gets a bone-chilling update in this scary story about a young girl and her scout troop who are willing to brave the woods to find her missing friend when no one else will. Perfect for fans of Daka Hermon and Claribel A. Ortega!

The wilderness is in Jenna’s blood. Her Pap was the first Black park ranger at Sturbridge Reservation, and she practically knows the Owlet Survival Handbook by heart. But she’s never encountered a creature like the one that took her best friend Reese. Her parents don’t believe her; the police are worthless, following the wrong leads; and the media isn’t connecting the dots between Reese’s disappearance and a string of other attacks. Determined to save her friend, Jenna joins a new local scout troop and ventures back into the woods.

When the troop stumbles across suspicious huge human-like footprints near the camp, scratch marks on trees, and ominous sounds from the woods, Jenna worries that whatever took Reese is back to take her too. Can she trust her new scout leader? And will her new friend Norrie—who makes her laugh and reminds her so much of Reese—believe her?

After the unthinkable happens, the scouts, armed with their wits and toiletries, band together to fight the monster and survive the night.

Content Warning: microaggressions, racism

Review for It Came From the Trees

I’m at our cabin reading this book surrounded by trees. It could be my current setting or the fantastic writing sending chills down my spine. Or a combination of them both. Spine-tingling prose coupled with sheer panic has every nerve on edge. This is my kind of book. 

Jenna & Reese head off for summer camp. All’s good until Reese gets kidnapped by a non-existent entity. Jenna is bound and determined to find her friend. Let the fun begin. The news clippings between chapters were a great addition as well as the included camping tips. All in all, it was a book I thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to reading more by this author. 

About the Author

Ally Russell grew up on a steady diet of Halloween parties, horror films, Unsolved Mysteries, and Goosebumps books. She has always loved scary stories and got her MFA from Simmons University and, eventually, a job working in children’s publishing. She hails from Pittsburgh—ground zero for the zombie apocalypse. Ally lives with her husband and her two black cats, Nox and Fury. She’s afraid of the woods, the dark, and heights. It Came from the Trees is her debut novel.

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