Some stories are written with ink. Others are remembered by mountains. 
Welcome to Walton's Mountain, Autumn 1933.

Where the Wild Things Grow: A Story of Walton's Mountain is a slow-burning Appalachian novel about family, friendship, music, first love, and finding hope in places touched by hardship.

Follow Hazel Bennett as she discovers that words can heal, songs can tell the truth, and sometimes the wildest things to grow are kindness, courage, and love.

🍂 Original The Waltons novel adaptation
🎻 Words • Music • Mountain Life • Found Family
📖 New chapters every week

"The boy who understands her words.
The boy who understands her music.
The girl who does not yet believe either gift belongs to her."

- Sarah Forestdale
  • JoinedJanuary 9, 2014


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Alfea College has started to be rewritten and I fleshed out all the old chapters more. A new chapter will be released by tomorrow and the following days. After way too many months, I have finally got...
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