The Mad Wolf’s Daughter by Diane Magras, 265 pages. Kathy Dawson (Penguin), 2018. $17.
Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (some fighting)
BUYING ADVISORY: OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Drest lives with her father and brothers at a remote Scottish highland, the youngest of the fearsome war band. But one day everything goes awry and Drest is left alone when the others are all captured by a group of knights and taken away to be hanged. Drest was undertake a dangerous journey and figure out some way to save her family. As she travels, however, she picks up a few companions and learns some things that challenge her love for her family.
Drest is heroic and her story contains many levels of surprise and growth and danger. I know that John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice books are very popular, but I have had a hard time selling other similar books to my students. So it’s not for lack of quality – just lack of audience. Hand sell this to the right students.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian
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