The Namer of Spirits

In the frontier village of Last Hope people dismiss twelve-year-old Ash Narro as a flighty child who claims to hear the true names of things. But when enraged forest spirits attack Ash shows that the names she hears have power.After taming a destructive forest spirit Ash teams up with Fen a wild forest boy and embarks on an unusual journey to save her village. In this steampunk eco-fantasy the perils of deforestation and the power of friendship are explored through a fantastical adventure of giant mistcats tempestuous forest spirits a supernatural puppy and a girl with a special gift for shaping what things become.