Wolfstongue - Paperback
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Deep in the Forest, the foxes live in an underground city built by their wolf slaves. The foxes' leader Reynard controls everything with his clever talk.
Wolfstongue - Paperback
$12.99
by Sam Thompson (Author), Anna Tromop (Illustrator)
Award-winning first instalment of the Wolfstongue Saga by Booker Prize-longlisted author Sam Thompson
The children's debut by Booker-longlisted author Sam Thompson is an engrossing, thoughtful, beautifully written story about humans and animals, voice and power, neurodiversity and acceptance.
Silas is bullied at school because his words will not come. He wishes he could live in silence as animals do.Deep in the Forest, the foxes live in an underground city built by their wolf slaves. The foxes' leader Reynard controls everything with his clever talk.
One day, Silas helps an injured wolf. Then he enters the secret world of the Forest, where the last remaining wolves fight to survive. But even there, language is power.
Can Silas find his voice in time to help his wolf friends - can he become the Wolfstongue?
Author Biography
Wolfstongue is Sam Thompson's first novel for children. Sam lives in Belfast, where he teaches English and creative writing at Queens University. His first novel, Communion Town, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Jott was shortlisted for the Encore Award. His fiction and criticism have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, on BBC Radio 4 and in Best British Short Stories 2019 (Salt Publishing). Sam describes Wolfstongue as a myth about how language can trap us or make us free, about the self-doubt we feel when we can't find the words we need, and about how human stories have the power to shape the natural world.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: September 05, 2023
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