The Wolf Wilder

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1481419439
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
“Fairy tale and history merge seamlessly” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in this enchanting and lyrical novel about love and resilience from the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, Katherine Rundell. Feo’s life is extraordinary. Her mother trains domesticated wolves to be able to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia, and Feo is following in her footsteps to become a wolf wilder. She loves taking care of the wolves, especially the three who stay at the house because they refuse to leave Feo, even though they’ve already been wilded. But not everyone is enamored with the wolves, or with the fact that Feo and her mother are turning them wild. And when her mother is taken captive, Feo must travel through the cold, harsh woods to save her—and learn from her wolves how to survive.

A Wolf for a Spell

Author: Karah Sutton
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0593121686
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
The enchanting tale of a wolf who forms an unlikely alliance with Baba Yaga to save the forest from a wicked tsar. "Karah Sutton has crafted a vivid and rollicking adventure that proves a wolf doesn't have to be big or bad to win the day!" --Rosanne Parry, New York Times bestselling author of A Wolf Called Wander Since she was a pup, Zima has been taught to fear humans--especially witches--but when her family is threatened, she has no choice but to seek help from the witch Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga never does magic for free, but it just so happens that she needs a wolf's keen nose for a secret plan she's brewing . . . Before Zima knows what's happening, the witch has cast a switching spell and run off into the woods, while Zima is left behind in Baba Yaga's hut--and Baba Yaga's body! Meanwhile, a young village girl named Nadya is also seeking the witch's help, and when she meets Zima (in Baba Yaga's form), they discover that they face a common enemy. With danger closing in, Zima must unite the wolves, the witches and the villagers against an evil that threatens them all. Infused with Russian folklore and brought vividly to life in Pauliina Hannuniemi's gorgeous illustrations, Karah Sutton's magical debut is a celebration of wolves and witches, and the importance of finding common ground with our so-called enemies.

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442490632
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this “gripping, magical, and heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and hope” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Wilhelmina Silver’s world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive? From the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure,” comes an utterly beautiful story that’s “a treasure of a book” (VOYA).

For the Wolf

Author: Hannah Whitten
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 031659279X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The first daughter is for the Throne. The second daughter is for the Wolf. An instant NYT bestseller and word-of-mouth sensation, this dark, romantic debut fantasy weaves the unforgettable tale of a young woman who must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are true, and the Wolf isn't the only danger lurking in the Wilderwood. As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose—to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in the hope he'll return the world's captured gods. Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous power she can't control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can't hurt those she loves. Again. But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn't learn how to use it, the monsters the gods have become will swallow the Wilderwood—and her world—whole. "If you ever wished Beauty and the Beast had more eldritch forest monsters and political machinations, this is the romance for you."―Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January "A brilliant dark fantasy debut!" —Jodi Picoult, NYT bestselling author

Yorath the Wolf

Author: Cherry Wilder
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504027000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Yorath, the son of a royal prince, was born with a deformity that marks him for death. The court physician saves him by convincing his family that he died shortly after birth and takes him to a distant forest where he thrives, unaware of his birthright and the dark prophecy that looms over him. But as he grows to manhood, Yorath can’t avoid being drawn into the violent conflict that plagues the land. Becoming a soldier, he rises through the ranks until he becomes a reluctant combatant in the struggle for the throne. Even as Yorath wields the power of a kingmaker, the ways of the court are as much anathema to him as the brutality of war. If he is ever to escape the violence and machinations he so despises, he has but one choice: He must confront his heritage or lose the land he has come to love and the peace he so cherishes.

Winston the Book Wolf

Author: Marni McGee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 9780747580133
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Winston is barred from the library for his habit of chewing on books. ('Words are so delicious!' he says, 'Why, words taste better than roasted skunk.') Can a little girl called Rosie help Winston to break his terrible munching habit, teach him to appreciate words in other ways- and maybe even find him a new role at the library? Find out in this tasty morsel of a story.

The Katherine Rundell Collection

Author: Katherine Rundell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526634864
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1008

Book Description
Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... 'Read everything she writes' DAILY MAIL Whether it's leaping over the rooftops of Paris, running with wolves in snowy Russia, learning to survive the dangers of the Amazon rainforest or embarking on a heist in 1920s New York, each of Rundell's books opens a window into a different world. Full of brilliant characters, from courageous young girls and boys to the most fearsome of villains, these stories are about bravery, resourcefulness and how age is no barrier to changing the world. This eBook bundle contains: Rooftoppers The Wolf Wilder The Explorer The Good Thieves

Peter and the Wolf

Author: Sergey Prokofiev
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Retells the orchestral fairy tale of the boy who, ignoring his grandfather's warnings, proceeds to capture a wolf.

Skysteppers

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526630452
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Russia and the Russians

Author: Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher: Belknap Press
ISBN: 9780674061958
Category : National characteristics, Russian
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Hosking follows the country's history from the Slavs' first emergence in the historical record in the sixth century C.E. to the Russians' persistent appearances in today's headlines. The second edition covers the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and Dmitrii Medvedev and the struggle to make Russia a viable functioning state for all its citizens.