![]() ![]() Until, shockingly, it is Agnieszka who is chosen. ![]() ![]() Agnieszka is the right age, but she and everyone in her village know that Kasia is the far more likely choice. ![]() Loosely based around a Beauty and the Beast retelling, Uprooted is gloriously imagined, with intricate storytelling and a world where witches and wizards must fight against the ever encroaching and corruptive powers of the Woods.Įvery ten years The Dragon, the lord who watches over the villages surrounded by the Woods, takes a 16-year-old girl to his tower. Yet when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he takes. A young woman must serve him for ten years, leaving all she values behind.Īgnieszka fears her dearest friend Kasia will be picked at the next choosing, for she is everything Agnieszka is not – beautiful, graceful and brave. However, his help comes at a terrible price. The villagers depend on an ageless wizard, the Dragon, to protect them from the forest’s dark magic. Many have been lost to the Wood and none return unchanged. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a shadow over her home. Agnieszka loves her village, set in a peaceful valley. ![]()
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