Uprooted by Naomi Novik is a fantasy novel about Agnieszka, a young girl from a village near a dangerous, magical forest called the Wood. The Wood spreads corruption and dark magic, threatening everyone around it. To protect the land, a powerful wizard known as the Dragon takes one village girl every ten years to live with him in his tower. Unexpectedly, he chooses Agnieszka instead of her friend Kasia.
In the tower, Agnieszka discovers she has strong, instinctive magical powers. As she learns to control them, the Wood becomes more dangerous and begins to attack more violently. When Kasia is captured and transformed by the Wood, Agnieszka must find a way to save her and uncover the truth behind the forest’s evil.