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Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk
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Description for Wolf Hollow
paperback. Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong. When Betty disappears, suspicion falls on strange, gentle loner Toby. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFC; YFN; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 216.
Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent - The Times Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong. When Betty disappears, suspicion falls on strange, gentle loner Toby. As Wolf Hollow turns against him, and tensions quickly mount, Annabelle must do everything in her power to protect Toby - and to find Betty, before it is too late. Powerful, poignant and lyrical, Wolf Hollow is an unforgettable story.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552574297
SKU
9780552574297
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About Lauren Wolk
After graduating from Brown University in 1981 with a degree in English literature, Lauren Wolk spent a year as a writer with the Battered Women's Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center, and then worked as both an editor and an English teacher. Since 2007, she has been the Associate Director of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. She is an award-winning poet and also a visual artist. Wolf Hollow is set in western Pennsylvania where her family roots run deep. Both of her parents were raised in that area, her mother on a farm and in a family that served as the inspiration for the novel.
Reviews for Wolf Hollow
Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent
The Times
Weaving together complex themes with extraordinary skill, debut author Lauren Wolk has created a book that deserves to be read . . . A timeless story, beautifully placed in an evocative and brilliantly realised historical setting
Guardian
Suspenseful, wise, beautifully written and emotionally engaging
Sunday Times
Haunting . . . With a precociously perceptive girl as a main character; a damaged, misunderstood recluse; and themes of prejudice and bigotry, comparisons to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will abound. But Wolk gives us her own story - one full of grace and stark, -brutal beauty
New York Times
A powerful, beautifully written coming-of-age novel . . . This emotionally intelligent, complex story deserves recognition and praise
Daily Mail
The Times
Weaving together complex themes with extraordinary skill, debut author Lauren Wolk has created a book that deserves to be read . . . A timeless story, beautifully placed in an evocative and brilliantly realised historical setting
Guardian
Suspenseful, wise, beautifully written and emotionally engaging
Sunday Times
Haunting . . . With a precociously perceptive girl as a main character; a damaged, misunderstood recluse; and themes of prejudice and bigotry, comparisons to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will abound. But Wolk gives us her own story - one full of grace and stark, -brutal beauty
New York Times
A powerful, beautifully written coming-of-age novel . . . This emotionally intelligent, complex story deserves recognition and praise
Daily Mail