#58 in Children’s books
Beyond the Deepwoods
- 288
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Beyond the Deepwoods” opens “The Edge Chronicles” with an inventive, richly illustrated quest through a perilous forest. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell send young Twig from one danger to the next, and many readers single out the detailed drawings; some also praise the care behind the world. Others feel the chain of narrow escapes adds up to little more than a string of episodes.
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About the book
Beyond the Deepwoods is a children's fantasy novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, first published in 1998. It is the first volume of The Edge Chronicles and of the Twig Saga trilogy.
Reading order · The Edge Chronicles
Full order & progress →- Beyond the DeepwoodsThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Stormchaser
–Not ranked yet - Midnight Over Sanctaphrax
–Not ranked yet - The Curse of the Gloamglozer
–Not ranked yet - The Last of the Sky Pirates
–Not ranked yet - Vox
–Not ranked yet - Freeglader
–Not ranked yet - The Winter Knights
–Not ranked yet - Clash of the Sky Galleons
–Not ranked yet - The Lost Barkscrolls
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 65 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Children’s books average of 7.9. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 7 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 58 | 89% |
Frequently asked
What age is Beyond the Deepwoods for?
Beyond the Deepwoods sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 288 pages — shorter than 94% of the ranked books in Children’s books.
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