Overview

The Breakfast Club meets Hatchet in this middle-grade novel about three kids who ditch detention to search for an elusive white wolf, who may have the magical powers they need to face their challenges and heal their hearts. A story of adventure and friendship from James Bird, an author whose work is praised as ""big-hearted"" by School Library Journal What do a raccoon, a skunk, and a moose have in common? Okan, the raccoon, is a 13 year old whose mom works so hard he never sees her. Sarah, the skunk, has been teased relentlessly about her body odor ever since her mom died. And Marcus, the moose, is the bully, the rich kid who seems to have everything, except his parents' love. When they hear a white wolf has been spotted in the nearby forest, this unlikely trio heads out on a quest that turns into an adventure of a lifetime.

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A Junior Library Guild Selection ★ ""The book's mixture of humor, heart, sad realities, and satisfying outcomes delivers a remarkably readable mystical adventure. Each character, encounter, and movement wonderfully expands this odyssey of understanding and resilience. A shining addition to the middle-school canon of survivor stories, Wolf Club needs to be shared and savored."" -- Booklist, starred review

Author Information

James Bird is the author of The Brave, The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls, and No Place Like Home, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, praised by SLJ in a starred review as ""a big-hearted story of growing up through hardship."" He is also a screenwriter and director at the independent film company, Zombot Pictures. A California native of Ojibwe descent, he now lives in Massachusetts with his wife, the author and actor Adriana Mather, and their son.

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