The Wolf Wilder

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In a time when the fantasy and fairytale genres are have such a busy marketplace in which to compete, I am surprised that someone has managed to create a book with such a niche due to the connection with nature. i think this because Feo really cherished and treasured her wolves and fought for their lives whilst risking her own. I was instantly drawn into the snowy wilds of Russia, and my heart attached itself to Feo and the wolves without my knowing. When we get into the second half of the book, we're made aware of the state of Russia, and how beaten they are by Rakov, the terrible tyrant who rules over Feo's little corner of Russia.

These include a range of engaging activities to develop children’s descriptive and creative writing skills. Katherine’s father was a great storyteller narrating stories from history: the World Wars, the slave trade and the Russian revolution.This is a story populated largely by children; save for Marina, the adults are mostly villainous or indifferent. Then there are the wolves that form symbiotic relationships with varieties of feral children and are noble yet fierce companions. I was expecting more wolf details, nothing was really explained about how they went about wolf wilding or how they came to be wilders in the first place.

The one rather drastic aspect of this book (for me that is, I'm sure other people don't realise or mind) that bugged me was the fact that I had no idea at what point in history, the future or some unreal version of our world it was in. Loosely based on the Slavic myth of Baba Yaga, this story is delightfully macabre and utterly engrossing. Feo and Sophie from Rooftoppers are somewhat interchangeable so don't read them too close together but otherwise I'm pretty ok with that! Her mother’s face, as she turned to Rakov, was shining with anger and with other, more complicated things. However I thought that the ending was slightly rushed and there was big chunks of time missing out of the story.Feo and her mother are wolf wilders, content deep in the forest, at least until the arrival of General Rakov and the imperial army. I think The Wolf Wilder shows how important it is to fight for the things you love and to have courage in tough times. I loved learning about each of the wolves and their personalities: White, Grey and Black, plus the adorable wolf cub and Feo's dutiful Tenderfoot. It seemed unlikely, though, that anyone would ask her to: After all, wolves were, in general, on the other side of the equation. Other than an offhand comment about stemming from generations of wolf wilders, nothing on the page explains why they're in the woods, what happened to her father, what happens to the other wolves (presumably they've "wilded" more than the four Feo interacts with on a daily basis), and what they do with the rest of their time.

This book has an intriguing title which draws you in, it also tricks you into thinking that the book is interesting but the book is not as interesting as you think.

Rundell’s strength is in the beauty of her writing—lyrical sentences that evoke the drama and simplicity of fairy- and folklore, combined with descriptions of a setting that will have readers shivering along with the frozen characters as they trudge across the unforgiving terrain. Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer and The Good Thieves.

I think The Wolf Wilder presents that the things that are important and meaningful in life are worth fighting for because we love them/it. Not that Feo would ever describe her wolf friends as such: aside from Marina, the wolves are the only family Feo has ever known. And it shows, when organised and determined, that someone small can accomplish something great and affect the lives of hundreds. I won’t spoil it for anybody because this book is so amazing; the ending had me relieved and emotional.But the book isn't really my kind of book and I feel the biginning is a bit rushed so that's the only reason it isn't a 5 out of 5. The Wolf Wilder is full of wonderful and memorable characters, but none so much as Feo herself, who is determined, a little bit wild and fiercely independent. when their home is burned and her mother imprisoned by general rakov, head of the tsar's imperial army, feo and her wolves escape into the bitter cold where feo plots her mother's rescue. twelve-year-old feodora petrovna and her mother marina live in a secluded forest just outside of st.