The Rise of Wolves

ebook

By Kerr Thomson

cover image of The Rise of Wolves

Sign up to save your library

With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts.

   Not today
Libby_app_icon.svg

Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive.

app-store-button-en.svg play-store-badge-en.svg
LibbyDevices.png

Search for a digital library with this title

Title found at these libraries:

Loading...
  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
  •  

    The Rise of Wolves