She encounters the large wolf who saved her and discovers his name is Blue Boy and that he is making his way back to Canada after being forcibly relocated to Yellowstone National Park. After the death of her mentor, Jackson the crow, and a near-brush with a fox who, at the last moment, is scarfed up by a wolf, Maggie flies away from the ranch. Chris Raschka, two-time Caldecott Medalist for HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW and A BALL FOR DAISYĪ magpie who befriends a wolf tells their story.Maggie the magpie, hatched in a pine tree on a ranch in Montana, is unimpressed with her parents' lack of imagination in naming her Maggie and discontented overall with magpie life. You won't ever want to leave Blue Boy's wolf pack in the heart of the Rockies." Of course there's lots of danger, excitement, beauty but there are also things we know from human families, like love and loyalty, bravery and honor. "Tor Seidler's Firstborn let's you live the way you always wanted to live: as a wolf in a wolf pack. Richard Peck, author of A YEAR DOWN YONDER, winner of the Newbery Award.
I believed every word of this magical book.” They are enabled by a magpie named Maggie. “A pack of articulate wolves resettles in the grandeur of Yellowstone where multiculturalism involves interaction with coyotes. Cynthia Kadohata, author of THE THING ABOUT LUCK and KIRA-KIRA, winner of the NBA and Newbery Award Tor Seidler has created a brutal but beautiful anthropomorphic world that practically comes to life like those dreams.
"Do you ever have those vivid dreams that you wake up from with a start? That’s what this book reminds me of. Lamar wants to make his family happy, but is doing what is expected of him worth losing the only true friend he’s ever had?įull of bite and beauty that will make you think of White Fang, then Ferdinand, this story cuts to the heart of what’s most important: being true to yourself, and being true to others. While the other infractions can be begrudgingly tolerated, this one cannot, and the unity of the pack is in jeopardy. Blue Boy grows increasingly dismayed at Lamar’s lack of wolf instincts, and then Lamar does the intolerable: he becomes attracted to a coyote. He has little interest in peacocking in front of other clans. He worries if his younger siblings fall behind in the hunt. But Lamar is not turning out the way his father hoped.
Blue Boy, the alpha male of his pack, is the largest wolf many have ever seen, and his dream is to have a firstborn son who will take after him in every way. Born into rankings and expected to live up to their roles. A young wolf seeks the bravery to be himself in this “rich take on the wild that quickens the pulse and fills the heart” ( Kirkus Reviews), from the author of National Book Award Finalist Mean Margaret and The Wainscott Weasel.
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