The Children and the Wolves

by Adam Rapp

Book Overview

Printz Honor-winning author Adam Rapp spins a raw, gripping, and ultimately redemptive story about three disaffected teens and a kidnapped child.

Three teenagers -- a sharp, well-to-do girl named Bounce and two struggling boys named Wiggins and Orange -- are holding a four-yearold girl hostage in Orange's basement. The little girl answers to "the Frog" and seems content to play a video game about wolves all day long, a game that parallels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763653373
• ISBN13: 9780763653378
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Children and the Wolves

It was an ok read, a bit disturbing (tw for sa, pedophilia, and abuse) but the story ended on a weird note. If you want to interpret the ending of a book, choose this one, but I didn't like it very much.