Wolfish

Title:

Wolfish

Author:

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Rae is content as the adopted daughter of shepherds, helping with the flock and reveling in the beauty of her family’s hillside farm. But after a frightening encounter with a wolf—to whom she feels a sudden, peculiar connection—Rae realizes there is much more to her past, and her future, than she could have imagined. Meanwhile, a young girl named Alba goes about her days as an oracle’s apprentice, a duty that confines her to a distant, watery cave. But when she bestows a troubling prophecy on the rising boy-king, her words unintentionally begin a reign of terror, and send Alba on a desperate mission alongside Rae and the wolf. Inspired by Roman mythology, this mysterious and uniquely magical adventure explores the intricate roles of nature and fate in our lives, the power of language to shape our world, and the boundless importance of love and kindness. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 8-12 Little, Brown and Company

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

408 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Mythological fiction.

Subject Term:

Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.

Wolves -- Juvenile fiction.

Mythology, Roman -- Juvenile fiction.

Prophecies -- Juvenile fiction.

Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Little, Brown and Company,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9780316496063

Publication Information:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.

Call Number:

J ANDREWS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

For fans of Kelly Barnhill, Wolfish is an expansive, adventurous fantasy unlike anything you've ever read, inspired by the myth of twin boys Romulus and Remus. Shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!

Twelve-year-old Rae is content as the adopted daughter of shepherds, helping with the flock and reveling in the beauty of her family's hillside farm. But after a frightening encounter with a wolf--to whom she feels a sudden, peculiar connection--Rae realizes there is much more to her past, and her future, than she could have imagined.

Meanwhile, a young girl named Alba goes about her days as an oracle's apprentice, a duty that confines her to a distant, watery cave. But when she bestows a troubling prophecy on the rising boy-king, her words unintentionally begin a reign of terror, and send Alba on a desperate mission alongside Rae and the wolf.

Inspired by Roman mythology, this mysterious and uniquely magical adventure explores the intricate roles of nature and fate in our lives, the power of language to shape our world, and the boundless importance of love and kindness.

Author Notes

Christiane M. Andrews is the author of Wolfish and the highly acclaimed Spindlefish and Stars . A longtime writing and literature instructor, she lives with her husband and son and a small clutch of animals on an old New Hampshire hilltop farm. She invites you to visit her online at cmandrews.com.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In this historical fantasy by Andrews (Spindlefish and Stars), loosely inspired by the tale of Remus and Romulus and set "in a distant, more brutal age," three tweens are brought together by fate to combat a capricious young king's treacherous reign. Alba is the slow-aging Oracle-Apprentice, capable of interpreting visions of the future. When she predicts a dreadful fate for an unnamed, newly crowned king, his rage prompts him to leave his newborn twin siblings for dead in the forest. One of the infants is raised by kindly shepherds, who name her Rae, while the boy is mystically bound into a wolf's body and roams the forest freely. When Rae turns 12, destiny brings the twins and Alba together as the king's mounting paranoia turns destructive. The narrative's ties to the original myth are thinly explored, and the vagueness of the setting, while occasionally lending a timeless quality that elevates the melancholic tone, often disorients. Intricate worldbuilding and a leisurely pace couple with poetic prose to render a protagonist whose careful dialogue emphasizes the way in which words--both spoken and written--can shape the world. Ages 8--12. Agent: Sara Crowe, Pippin Properties. (Nov.)