| Promise of the Wolves Contributor(s): Hearst, Dorothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416569995 ISBN-13: 9781416569992 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: The wolves of Wide Valley live by a code--never kill or consort with humans. That is, until a young wolf dares to break the rules and forever alters the relationship between wolves and the humans who share their world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Epic - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Series: Wolf Chronicles (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first in The Wolf Chronicles trilogy, brilliantly weaving together original research, lovable characters and a dynamic, thoroughly engaging plot, Promise of the Wolves is a historical adventure story in the tradition of Clan of the Cave Bear and Watership Down. Set 14,000 years ago in what is now Southern Europe, Promise of the Wolves is told from the point of view of Kaala, a young wolf born of a forbidden, mixed-blood litter. An outcast after her mother is exiled, Kaala struggles to earn her place in her pack. But her world is turned upside down when she rescues a human girl from drowning. Kaala and her young packmates begin hunting and playing with humans--risking expulsion from their pack and banishment from their home in the Wide Valley. When war between humans and wolves threatens, Kaala learns that she is the last in a long line of wolves charged with keeping watch over humans in order to prevent them from losing touch with nature and thus destroying the world. But to do so she must solve the great paradox of wolfkind: though wolves must always be with humans, humans cannot abide the presence of wolves, and every time the two come together, war ensues. Kaala must choose between safety for herself, her friends, and their human companions and the survival of her pack--and perhaps all of wolf and humankind. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hearst, Dorothy: - Dorothy Hearst is the author of the Wolf Chronicles trilogy. She loves writing about canine characters, birds, and other creatures who can give us the chance to see ourselves in new ways. She is an acquiring editor, a martial artist, a self-defense instructor-in-training, an avid hiker and reader, and a dog lover. She is not entirely domesticated, but is very food motivated. |