The Farmer of Thorn — Meg Hendry

Aire is a farmer, but she wants to see the world. She's begun to doubt she truly has found her place. When she sees something in the forest that she wasn't meant to see, she discovers there's far more to her world than she knows. Things that have been hidden for a long time. There are people who would rather she not know these things and who will do anything to keep their secrets hidden. The Farmer of Thorn is a novella.