Foundling

The Seatown · The Jungle · The Numberless Caverns

When her adopted parents leave on an Arctic Vacation, nine-year-old Piper is left in charge of the rice farm, the sheep herd, the spotted cow, and her hammock-lounging Grandfathers. But then a Shadow appears in the field, devouring the rice and even some of the sheep! Armed with an Asparagus Knife and equipped with Cardboard Sandals and a Broken Lantern, Piper sets out into Seatown in search of the rumored-to-be-dead Witch Cocoyam, who might be the only one capable of taming the Shadow. But the Shadow isn’t Piper’s only problem—Fugitive IX and his Tattooed Men have begun kidnapping foundlings, and the Tattooed Men have recently been sighted near Seatown. Hunted by the Tattooed Men, haunted by a Ghostcat, and almost always in her barefeet, Piper only has one week to save the rice farm from the Shadow before her adopted parents return.

Snowfolk Travel Guides:

 Seatown

Population: 1,370
Currency: Sand Dollars
Notable Locals: Witch Cocoyam, Hookcheek, Bruce the Lighthouse Keeper
Things to See: the Kite Cliff, the historical Seatown Graveyard
Things to Eat: Kulfi & Barfi bean paste sweets, Harappa’s cooked frogs

TRAVEL WARNING: The nearby Jungle is home to all sorts of dangerous wildlife, including leopards, gibbons, jungle dogs, wild pigs, and white elephants. The reef beyond the Docks is also unsafe—manta rays and giant squid often drift through, and dragon-sized Nāga seasnakes have been known hunt in these waters. Tourists are also advised to avoid the early summer monsoon season.