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Wolf is an outstanding achievement. (TES )
the book is alive and real, and keeps [children] turning the pages till the end, and keeps them thinking about the story long after the book is finished. (Books for Keeps )
richly imaginative (Mail on Sunday )
Cross subtly intertwines complex themes while building up characterisation, balancing the real-life horror of terrorism with pragmatism and mysticism. (Time Out )
Beautifully written, rich in imagery and clever in construction. (Children's Books Ireland )
This is a splendid, daring book. (School Librarian )
a thrilling adventure story (She magazine )
A really haunting novel from Gillian Cross. (The Guardian )
the book is alive and real, and keeps [children] turning the pages till the end, and keeps them thinking about the story long after the book is finished. (Books for Keeps )
richly imaginative (Mail on Sunday )
Cross subtly intertwines complex themes while building up characterisation, balancing the real-life horror of terrorism with pragmatism and mysticism. (Time Out )
Beautifully written, rich in imagery and clever in construction. (Children's Books Ireland )
This is a splendid, daring book. (School Librarian )
a thrilling adventure story (She magazine )
A really haunting novel from Gillian Cross. (The Guardian )
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Mystery, emotion and adventure, from the winner of the Carnegie Medal
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is amazing. It is intelligent and beautifully written, and asks you thousands of mysterious questions. It stars Cassy, a teenage girl who lives with her Nan. Cassy knows nothing about her father and asks no questions, either about him or about her Nan's secret midnight visitor. All she knows is that his visits are connected to her sudden visits to her mother's. Bundeled onto a train with her bags and money she dicovers her mother, Goldie, her boyfriend Lyall and his son Robert living in a squat. They are producing a play on Wolves. As Cassy becomes more and more involved in the production of the play, she begins to sense a terrifingly real wolf stalking her....... The story is exciting and keeps you guessing until the last minute. It tells us to look at things in a diferent way and think about what is real and what are lies. It is a brilliant multi-layered novel, for anyone over 12 years old. A wonderful book.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'Wolf' is the only book (for years) that has gripped me enough to make me sit down and read it in one sitting. It centres around a young girl and her relationship with her family but with a supernatural twist. It includes fantasy elements such as dream and is primarily post-moderist although it retains the easy to follow structures of realist fiction. Its material may be scary to younger children so is most suitable for the 12-15 year old age range. A 'must-read' for all wishing to examine Cross' work beyond 'The Demon Headmaster.'
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I recently re-read this book and found it as gripping a it was when I was a teenager. The book is believable and fascinating from an adult point of view- the main character is the daughter of a hippy and an IRA member, which is a plausible union and an interesting perspective. There's obviously elements to the story that younger readers would fail to pick up.
The story is mainly set in a squat in south London in the late eighties, so it has an almost nostalgic feel. The characters are interesting, well-defined, and memorable. The wolf theme present throughout the book was well handled and served to link several different themes and characters. My criticism would be that the author sought to reduce the more complex political matter of Irish republicanism to simple reflections on human nature, without giving her protagonist the chance to explore the historical and present-day issues at hand. Any explanation or discussion was only approached through the metaphor of 'the big bad wolf'- brief mentions of territory battles and extinction- and was not allowed to get any more concrete. But as Robert says in the book 'if things are there, you have to admit them in the end.'
The story is mainly set in a squat in south London in the late eighties, so it has an almost nostalgic feel. The characters are interesting, well-defined, and memorable. The wolf theme present throughout the book was well handled and served to link several different themes and characters. My criticism would be that the author sought to reduce the more complex political matter of Irish republicanism to simple reflections on human nature, without giving her protagonist the chance to explore the historical and present-day issues at hand. Any explanation or discussion was only approached through the metaphor of 'the big bad wolf'- brief mentions of territory battles and extinction- and was not allowed to get any more concrete. But as Robert says in the book 'if things are there, you have to admit them in the end.'
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