Summer of the Wolves

Julie of the Wolves meets Hatchet in this middle grade novel that follows twelve-yearold Nika and her seven-year-old brother, Randall, as they leave their California foster home to spend a summer with their long-lost uncle.Together with her uncle, a wildlife biologist who studies and monitors wolves, Nika finds an orphaned wolf pup in a cave, whose mother has been shot.
With vivid details about caring for a wolf pup and a deep sense of the interconnectedness with nature, this compelling first novel explores themes of searching for family and finding a balance between caring for—and leaving alone—wild animals.