First book of The Woods Trilogy
'Famous glass slippers, gowns of blue,
White crisp uniforms, swords for a duel.
Convicted of Theft, running from the law,
Find the glass slipper, owned by a girl with many chores.'
Vivian and Bryan are friends of Hansel and Gretel, so when the two vanish into The Woods, Vivian and her brother set out to find them. But what happens when the two teenagers fall through an odd tree and land in another world. One in which you can only escape if you collect 3 main items from 3 fairy tales.
The first task is Cinderellas slipper, which would seem plain easy, but in this world, everything is not as it seems in the normal story. Vivian and Bryan struggle with difficulty at surviving in this unknown place. And to think, its only the first task. As time goes on, they find themselves regretting ever taking one step, into The Woods.