The Rise of Wolves

· Chicken House
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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

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 I...

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