A New York Times bestseller! "Don't miss this dazzling tour de
force."--Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winning author of The One
and Only Ivan
This gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story
of one wolf's incredible journey to find a safe place to call home.
Illustrated throughout, this irresistible tale by award-winning author
Rosanne Parry is for fans of Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Katherine
Applegate's The One and Only Ivan.
Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains learning
to hunt, competing with his brothers and sisters for hierarchy, and
watching over a new litter of cubs. Then a rival pack attacks, and Swift
and his family scatter.
Alone and scared, Swift must flee and find a new home. His journey takes
him a remarkable one thousand miles across the Pacific Northwest. The
trip is full of peril, and Swift encounters forest fires, hunters,
highways, and hunger before he finds his new home.
Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a wolf named OR-7 (or
Journey), this irresistible tale of survival invites readers to
experience and imagine what it would be like to be one of the most
misunderstood animals on earth. This gripping and appealing novel about
family, courage, loyalty, and the natural world is for fans of Fred
Gipson's Old Yeller and Katherine Applegate's Endling.
Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout and a map as well as
information about the real wolf who inspired the novel.
Plus don't miss Rosanne Parry's stand-alone companion novel, A Whale
of the Wild.
