Map of Leaves
Since Ma died, Orla has lived alone in a woodshed by the river.
Her garden provides everything she needs. But when people begin to fall sick, Governor Atlas decrees that the plants are the cause and must be destroyed.
Armed only with her mother’s book of remedies Orla sets out on a barge-boat to discover the truth and save her garden … but she’s not the only stowaway.
With the rapids of the River Inkwater ahead, three children set a dangerous course that may lead them to a cure – and from which they may never return.