As a changeling, Jack is the primes suspect among the townsfolk. It seems that without the horned boy, the monster in the forest has turned against Fairfold. Things get stranger when tourists begin disappearing and locals fall into comas. One day, it is discovered that the glass coffin is broken, and no one can find the boy who was inside. Ben is a talented musician, but sees his talent as part-gift, part-curse, because he feels it controls his life. Jack now identifies and appears as an African American teen. When Carter's mother figured it out, she set a trap for the faerie mother, then decided to keep both babies in order to teach the faerie a lesson. Jack is a faerie changeling who was swapped with Carter, an African American human baby.

Her faerie hunting days of childhood long past, Hazel now makes out with every guy in town except Jack, Ben's best friend whom she secretly loves. As Hazel and Ben have aged, however, things have gotten more complicated.

Though the coffin is a tourist destination by day, at night, the local teens throw wild parties there-a brave feat considering that all Fairfold children are also taught about the monster living in the forest. No one ever does, of course, but that has not stopped both Hazel and Ben from falling in love with the boy. Inside sleeps a boy with horns and pointed ears, and one of the town's popular tourist attractions is to kiss the glass coffin to see if you will be the one to wake him. Fairfold sits on the edge of a forest, and deep within that forest, there has existed a glass coffin for as long as anyone can remember. They have hunted faeries since they were children (Hazel with her sword, and Ben with his hypnotizing music), and Hazel has always wanted to be a warrior. But Hazel and Ben Evans, a pair of local teens, know just how dangerous the faeries can actually be. If the tourists thought the faeries were dangerous, they would stop coming, and the town’s economy would suffer. Sometimes people go missing in Fairfold, but no one wants to talk about it because tourists flock to the town to see the faeries and experience their magic. In the strange town of Fairfold, Pennsylvania, humans and faeries live side-by-side in an uneasy truce. She has received a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award, and the Mythopoeic Award. The story takes place in a world where humans and faeries live side-by-side, and two siblings must weather the challenges of growing up alongside the dangers of the “fae.” Black is a prolific author of fiction for children and teens, and her titles include such works as The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and Doll Bones. First published in 2015, The Darkest Part of The Forest is a young adult fantasy novel by Holly Black.

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