Summer Of The Wolves (Hardcover)

From the Publisher: A middle-grade Julie of the Wolves with the lure of Hatchet’s exotic wilderness, this novel follows twelve-year-old Nika, and her seven-year-old brother, Randall, as they leave their California foster home to spend a summer with their long-lost uncle.Together with their uncle, a wildlife biologist who studies and monitors wolves, Nika finds an orphaned wolf pup in a cave, whose mother has been shot. With vivid details about caring for a wolf pup and a deep sense of the interconnectedness with nature, this compelling first novel explores themes of searching for family and finding a balance between caring for— and leaving alone—wild animals.