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Promise of the Wolves

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by Dorothy Hearst
Justine Eyre
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What is the promise of the wolf? Never consort with humans. Never kill a human unprovoked. Never allow a mixed-blood wolf to live. At least that’s what the wolves of the Wide Valley believe. Until a young wolf dares to break the rules–and forever alters the relationship between wolves and the humans who share their world.
This is the story of such a wolf. Born of a forbidden mixed-blood litter and an outcast after her mother is banished, Kaala is determined to earn a place in the Swift River pack. But her world is turned upside down when she saves a human girl from drowning. Risking expulsion from their pack and exile from the Wide Valley, Kaala and her young packmates begin to hunt with the humans and thus discover the long-hidden bond between the two clans. But when war between wolves and humans threatens, Kaala learns the lies behind the wolf’s promise. Lies that force her to choose between safety for herself and her friends and the survival of her pack–and perhaps of all wolf- and humankind.
Set 14,000 years ago, Promise of the Wolves takes us to a land where time is counted in phases of the moon, distance is measured in wolflengths, and direction by the scent of the nearest trail. Years of research into the world of wolves combines with mythical tale-telling to present a fantastical adventure set in a world filled with lore.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Wolf Chronicles

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 3, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415954041
      • File size: 306441 KB
      • Duration: 10:38:25

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 780
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The story is set at a time when humans had not yet established themselves as the dominant creatures on earth and illustrates many commonalities between the social structure of humans and wolves. Justine Eyre is sympathetic to Kaala, who is trying to maintain her place at the fringe of the wolf pack and from whose point of view the story is told. Eyre deftly expresses the curiosity of the youngsters, who are sometimes tempted to move into forbidden areas. Her comfort and facility with these younger characters comes through clearly. On the other hand, the elders, particularly the males, sound a bit flat in their sternness, and the oldest sound quite feeble. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 10, 2008
      The debut of former Jossey-Bass senior editor Hayes is a crackling foray into a dangerous past, the first of a projected trilogy. On Wide Valley plain 14,000 years ago, wolf Kaala is born into the Swift River pack—a half-breed outcast with Outsider blood. As she grows into adulthood, the spirited pup continues to come into conflict with pack leader Ruuqo. She also sneaks off to be with humans, who are encroaching on wolf territory and who often drive the wolves from their kills. Fraternization is strictly forbidden, but as Kaala’s mother has foreseen in dreams, it may also be the key to saving every wolf and human in the valley. Hayes’s remarkable fluency when writing in Kaala’s voice is immediately absorbing. The mythologies of the societies she invents are underdeveloped, but the relationships between the human characters and the wolf characters are keenly felt, and the conflicts sharply imagined. Hayes’s keen interpretations of wolf behavior, senses and sensibilities will enchant paranormal fans and animal lovers alike.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Justin Eyre's gentle voice is the voice of the spirited wolf pup Kaala. Eyer's tone becomes bittersweet when Kaala's mother is driven from the Swift River wolf clan by pack leader Ruuqo, once Kaala's chest markings reveal her genetic mix. Eyre's powerful characterizations and polished performance capture Kaala's sense of abandonment and then depict her joy in clan friends and in Tlitoo, the comedic Raven who speaks in haiku. Taking on the cadence of legend, Eyre recounts ancient stories that pass on wolf lore, including the reason that human contact is forbidden. When Kaala is big enough to steal away to be with humans, Eyre believably captures her spirit of defiance and adventure. While this may sound like great family listening, violence and life-and-death scenes makes this inappropriate young children. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:780
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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