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The rise of wolves

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  A stunningly atmospheric story for young readers from the award-winning author of The Sound of Whales.  'Thomson's ambitious plot, tight, poetic prose and feel for history is a breath of island air.' THE TIMES on THE SOUND OF WHALES Innis Munro is walking home across the bleak wilderness of Nin Island when he hears the chilling howl of a wolf. But there are no wolves on the island – not since they were hunted to extinction, centuries ago. He decides to investigate his island home and accepts an ancient challenge: he who jumps the Bonnie Laddie's Leap wins a fortune. As the wolves rise from the darkness of history, and long-buried secrets resurface, Innis's adventure truly begins ... The second novel by 2014 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition winner Kerr Thomson, whose debut The Sound of Whales was Waterstones' Scottish Children's Book of the Month A classic, atmospheric adventure set on an enchantingly remote Scottish island Themes of conservation and nature nestle inside a tale of friendship, bravery and determination  

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Chicken House Ltd
1911077694 / 9781911077695
Paperback / softback
823.92
02/11/2017
United Kingdom
English
273 pages
20 cm
Quiz No: 234716, Points 8.00, Book Level 4.60,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
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