A child makes a magical forest friend in this Pilu Of The Woods exclusive
Grief is a complicated emotion, especially for young people who don’t have a frame of reference to help them process their feelings. In the wake of her mother’s death, a young girl named Willow struggles to connect with her sister and her classmates in Mai K. Nguyen’s new Oni Press graphic novel, Pilu Of The Woods. But Willow’s life takes a drastic turn when she meets Pilu, an adorable forest spirit looking to find her way home, giving Willow a new friend who needs her help to survive. Pilu Of The Woods takes a fantastic approach to exploring how a child copes with devastating loss, using the titular character to guide Willow on a therapeutic journey that brings up painful memories in order to help her move forward. That journey becomes more dangerous as Willow’s negative emotions take monstrous form, but in facing these creatures, Willow works through the guilt that is poisoning her soul.
