by Rosanne Parry with illustrations by Mónica Armiño, 2021. Paperback, 256 pages. Ages 8-11 years.
A New York Times bestseller!
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 inspired by the extraordinary true story of a wolf named OR-7. After dispersing from his native pack in Oregon, he wandered southwest for more than one thousand miles through Oregon and northern California. He was the first confirmed wild wolf in western Oregon since 1947 and the first in California since 1924. A direct descendant of OR-7 is now the breeding female of the Yowlumni pack, California's southernmost wolf pack.
In A Wolf Called Wander, 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.
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.
