What will happen when Rapunzel learns the truth about Witch, and why did Witch work so hard to keep Rapunzel happy and not wanting to get out of the tower? As Rapunzel sees more of life on the ground, she realizes that much of what Witch told her wasn’t true. Jack will accompany her to keep her safe, although he has his own hidden mission. Rapunzel’s one chance to redeem herself to the fairies and earn a chance to save herself and Witch is to journey to the distant woods and meet the Woodmother. Glyph’s husband, Rune, is outraged, but Glyph is inclined to be more forgiving. Rapunzel doesn’t remember – but she has to admit that there’s a lot she doesn’t remember. It turns out that the fairy headwoman, Glyph, is dangerously ill because of something Rapunzel unwittingly did. Why would anyone not love Witch as much as she does? And when he says that the red fairies are trying to kill Witch, she decides she needs to investigate the situation on her own. But when a boy named Jack climbs up into her tower and claims that he’s met her before – that they talked just recently – she is confused.

All the stories warn of the dangerousness of things on the ground, the evil of the princes who’d want to lure Rapunzel out of her tower. Rapunzel has grown up in a tower filled with everything she could ever want – beautiful dresses, a harp, books filled with stories about her and her beloved Witch.

Grounded by Megan Morrison