The Wolf Wilder
by manz
Katherine Rundell writes beautiful youth fiction books. The imagery and feelings her buttery words evoke knock me away and surprise me every time. Her latest book, The Wolf Wilder, follows up Rooftoppers and Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, and this new one once again contains an irresistible female heroine.
In The Wolf Wilder we meet 12 year old Feodora, simply called Feo. She and her mother train domesticated wolves to go back into the wild in Russia in1917. It is a simple, wild and wonderful existence until General Rakov destroys the life she knows and loves, and it is up to Feo to be brave, save her wolves, and put her family and life back together. She meets up with a young runaway soldier from the tsar’s Imperial Army and they set off on high adventure in the cold and freezing snow, surrounded by half wild wolves and eventually other children who want to take part in Feo’s revolution.
It’s a great read if you love strong characters, adventure, historical fiction, survival stories, or animal stories.
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