A New York Times bestseller! Don't miss this dazzling tour de force.-Katherine Applegate
Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan This gripping novel about survival and
family is based on the real story of one wolf's incredible journey to find a safe place to call
home. Illustrated throughout this irresistible tale by award-winning author Rosanne Parry is
for fans of Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan. Swift a
young wolf cub lives with his pack in the mountains learning to hunt competing with his
brothers and sisters for hierarchy and watching over a new litter of cubs. Then a rival pack
attacks and Swift and his family scatter. Alone and scared Swift must flee and find a new
home. His journey takes him a remarkable one thousand miles across the Pacific Northwest. The
trip is full of peril and Swift encounters forest fires hunters highways and hunger before
he finds his new home. Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a wolf named OR-7 (or
Journey) this irresistible tale of survival invites readers to experience and imagine what it
would be like to be one of the most misunderstood animals on earth. This gripping and appealing
novel about family courage loyalty and the natural world is for fans of Fred Gipson's Old
Yeller and Katherine Applegate's Endling. Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout and
a map as well as information about the real wolf who inspired the novel. Plus don't miss
Rosanne Parry's stand-alone companion novel A Whale of the Wild.
