Author(s): THOMPSON SAM

Animals

Wolfstongue - the best animal adventure since Watership Down
Alex O’Connell - The Times

Deep in the forest, foxes live in an underground city built by the wolves they enslaved. Using the power of speech, they keep the wolves under their harsh rule. Wolves Isengrim, Hersent and their pups use secret passages to move between the animal and human worlds. When Isengrim is injured, a young boy named Silas comes to his aid. Silas finds speech difficult, but as his friendship with the wolves grows, he must fight to protect his new friends, and find his own voice. Inspired by the author’s own son’s difficulty with speech and his love of wolves.
Wolfstongue is a beautifully written, thoughtful fantasy adventure that has the feel of a future classic in making.