Eowyn Ivey’s Black Woods, Blue Sky is a wonderfully written story, a fairy-folk tale of sorts, of a mother and daughter in the Alaskan wilderness. Emaleen, a chatty five year old girl, gets lost in the Alaskan forest and is reunited with her mother, Birdie, when she is rescued by Arthur, a quiet loner who rarely ventures into town. Arthur and Birdie grow close after the rescue and decide to move with Emaleen to his remote cabin with no utilites or even a phone. Their idyllic and peaceful life is soon overshadowed by Arthur’s strange behavior and dark secret.