Olivia and her friends are going to be spending August in Edinburgh, home to the world-famous Fringe Festival. They can't wait to soak up the Festival atmosphere, while the Swan Circus performs every day to wild applause. With such passion, such good friendships and the summer stretching out before them, what could possibly go wrong?
Olivia is sad and lonely and angry - angry that she's been dumped with her sister, Eel, and angrier still that she can't do what she loves best: practise her circus skills. But in the course of a turbulent first term, Olivia finds out much more than she bargained for about the theatre, friendship, enemies, and about her family and herself.
Taking inspiration from numerous fairytales and weaving them into a wholly original story, INTO THE WOODS is a whirlwind of a novel, full of imaginative happenings, dastardly deeds and thrilling adventure.