The Secret Green

Book Author Sonya Wilson
Rights Available World excl. ANZ

Fast-paced middle grade thriller with magic and environmentalism at its heart.

It’s almost a year since Nissa Marshall was found alive after miraculously surviving a month lost in the vast, dense, isolated bush of Fiordland.

Strange, magical things happened when Nissa was lost in the wilds but was it actually real? Or had she made it all up in the forest inside her head?

When the mysterious forest creatures come for Nissa again, she discovers that Fiordland is under threat. What are the sparks so afraid of? What is the secret they’re so desperate to protect? And why do they think a thirteen-year-old kid can save them all?

This thrilling sequel to Spark Hunter crackles with the magic of the ancient forest. It’s a high-stakes adventure through a vast wonderland with a great green secret hidden from humans for thousands of years.

Awards
Auckland Council Libraries Top 10 for Kids 2025

About the Author

Sonya is an award-winning novelist, journalist, television reporter, presenter and producer. She has a degree in Broadcasting Communications and has worked across a variety of platforms and programmes including TVNZ’s Breakfast, 1News, 20/20, Sunday and Q+A programmes.

She also has a Masters in Creative Writing with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland. Her first novel, Spark Hunter, has made several bestsellers and best-of lists since its release in October 2021. It won the NZSA Best First Book Award at the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, a Storylines Notable Book Award 2022 and was shortlisted for the Esther Glen Junior Fiction prize.

She is the founder and Chief Executive of the charity Kiwi Christmas Books (www.kiwichristmasbooks.org.nz) and is the co-director of a small film and television post-production company with her husband, colourist Pete Ritchie.