From bestselling author Katherine Lasky comes the first book in WOLVES OF THE BEYOND, a stunning new spinoff from her legendary owl series, Guardia...
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Oct 21, 2011
Whitlea
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I was really surprised that I didn't like this one. I had enjoyed what I had read of Lasky's Ga'hoole series, and I was expecting this to be comparable in quality to that.
There are two main issues I had with this book. The first one is that it is horribly dull. The beginning was very exciting, but the first two parts were uninteresting. It didn't help that the main character doesn't have that much of a personality. It started to pick up around the end, but it was too little too late More...
There are two main issues I had with this book. The first one is that it is horribly dull. The beginning was very exciting, but the first two parts were uninteresting. It didn't help that the main character doesn't have that much of a personality. It started to pick up around the end, but it was too little too late More...
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Oct 14, 2011
Jacki
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Born with a splayed paw with an odd spiral design on the pad, Faolan is left to die. But Fate intervenes and the moments old wolf pup is quickly adopted by a heartbroken grizzly bear, affectionately named Thunderheart. Lone Wolf is the story of Faolan's first year of life.
I have not yet read the previous owl series by the same author, so I really had no idea what to expect. I was more than pleasantly surprised and am looking forward to sharing this book and the rest in the series More...
I have not yet read the previous owl series by the same author, so I really had no idea what to expect. I was more than pleasantly surprised and am looking forward to sharing this book and the rest in the series More...
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Dec 27, 2011
Cindy
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This book frustrated me. I loved Laskey's past series on owls so it could only be assumed that this book would be similar but with wolves. However, it wasn't.
A few of my problems included -
-This book was a lot of "tell" not show. There were pages of descriptions, describing wolf packs, habits, personality, behaviors. There isn't a lot of character interaction, and it almost feels like I'm reading a textbook. The author picks up conversations in the last 30 pag More...
A few of my problems included -
-This book was a lot of "tell" not show. There were pages of descriptions, describing wolf packs, habits, personality, behaviors. There isn't a lot of character interaction, and it almost feels like I'm reading a textbook. The author picks up conversations in the last 30 pag More...
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Oct 31, 2011
Austin
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I give this book 4.5. I didnt read the Ga'Hoole series but from what I know it was pretty good so I like how Lasky tied Ga'Hoole into this book. The book is mainly in 3 parts. In the first part Faolan is born with a Splayed paw so the clans Obea has to get rid of him. On the verge of death Faolan gets found by a Grizzly bear named Thunderheart. She teaches him how to hunt and to fish and many more things. At the end of part one Thunderheart randomly dissapears trying to find Faolan.
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Jun 23, 2011
Weina
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At first thought she really was writing about wolves, so I was really annoyed or turned off when she wrote about the Obea, a wolf that gets rid of sick, weak, and deformed pups because that does not happen in real life. But then I realized, or rather, a friend told me, that it was kinda like animal version of Harry Potter but in this case it was about wolves in a "magical" world and that no animal in this book really has wizard powers. It's a cute story about how a young wolf tries to
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Nov 19, 2011
Wendy
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This was an amazing and beautiful story. I read it with my son and we both loved it.
A litter of wolf pups was born. The smallest one has been born with a defect. His paw is splayed, any birth defects are not tolerated at all. His mother had tried to hide him but the packs Obeya has found him. Her job is to take the pups that are not perfect and leave them alone to die somewhere in the wild away from the packs.
She does her job and doesn't look back leaving him on the breaking ic More...
A litter of wolf pups was born. The smallest one has been born with a defect. His paw is splayed, any birth defects are not tolerated at all. His mother had tried to hide him but the packs Obeya has found him. Her job is to take the pups that are not perfect and leave them alone to die somewhere in the wild away from the packs.
She does her job and doesn't look back leaving him on the breaking ic More...
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Nov 28, 2010
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Dec 14, 2011
Melanie
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I want to start off by saying that I generally love Kathryn Lasky's books- I read all but a couple of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series and all of her additions to the Royal Diaries series and thought they were fantastic. This book however was surprisingly dull. I wanted so much to like this book and, it being a kind of "kid's book" thought I would finish it in about a day when it actually took me about 3-4 days. I had to force myself to pick it up and slog through it- working diligentl
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Mar 23, 2011
Ruesplash
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To me, this book is pretty good.
It's about a wolf pup the was abandoned by the pack because of his splayed paw. He is left on a frozen river to drown when the river begins to flow again, or to be eaten by an owl. A mother grizzly, Thunderheart, finds him though, and names the pup, Faolan. (SPOILER ALERT!!!) When Thunderheart is killed by a rolling boulder, Faolan sets out to find her, not knowing she was killed, and soon finds his way to his pack.
It may be short, but it teaches h More...
It's about a wolf pup the was abandoned by the pack because of his splayed paw. He is left on a frozen river to drown when the river begins to flow again, or to be eaten by an owl. A mother grizzly, Thunderheart, finds him though, and names the pup, Faolan. (SPOILER ALERT!!!) When Thunderheart is killed by a rolling boulder, Faolan sets out to find her, not knowing she was killed, and soon finds his way to his pack.
It may be short, but it teaches h More...
Dec 27, 2011
Rainbow Dash/Silverstream
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Being a fan of animal fantasies, I decided to buy this quick read at my school book fair. Not worth the ten dollars. At least, not yet.
This book starts off fairly amazing, with creative ranks and how the Packs work. I did realize how large the writing font was, and it slightly worried me. But I'm used to reading short books, like Warriors.
Anyway, the writer did seem to know what she was talking about. Being a wolf lover myself, I know tons of facts about these beautiful creatures. More...
This book starts off fairly amazing, with creative ranks and how the Packs work. I did realize how large the writing font was, and it slightly worried me. But I'm used to reading short books, like Warriors.
Anyway, the writer did seem to know what she was talking about. Being a wolf lover myself, I know tons of facts about these beautiful creatures. More...
Jul 09, 2011
Cindi
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I think that my daughters would give this book at least three stars, but I just couldn't figure out the point to it.
Because we have recently listened to Jack London's "White Fang," maybe I've been a little spoiled when it comes to wolf stories. I'm not sure I like listening to animal stories that are quite so anthropomorphized as this one is. It really got to me and I found myself wishing over and over that it was done. When it was done, I kept wondering why it had been More...
Because we have recently listened to Jack London's "White Fang," maybe I've been a little spoiled when it comes to wolf stories. I'm not sure I like listening to animal stories that are quite so anthropomorphized as this one is. It really got to me and I found myself wishing over and over that it was done. When it was done, I kept wondering why it had been More...
Oct 29, 2011
Lia
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I had loved the Ga'Hoole series when I was in middle school, and even though I'm in high school now, I thought that I'd start this series, which focuses on the wolves instead.
One thing I remember about reading the Guardians of Ga'Hoole was that I hadn't liked the first book, but I'd loved the rest. However, I really liked "The Lone Wolf."
It wasn't as exciting as it could have been, but it had a good setting and a good introduction to the harsh culture of the wo More...
One thing I remember about reading the Guardians of Ga'Hoole was that I hadn't liked the first book, but I'd loved the rest. However, I really liked "The Lone Wolf."
It wasn't as exciting as it could have been, but it had a good setting and a good introduction to the harsh culture of the wo More...
Sep 09, 2011
♫♪Star♪♫
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It was ok, I really liked the main character, Faolan. And the meaing of his name, Fao means "River" and Lan means "Gift". It's just an incredible story, the young pup learns how to be a cub, it's just so kind to the heart. I read it almost anywhere, it was just a cute little story for a young pup, and he survived. I just can't wait for the next book.
I didn't really like the Obea alot. I mean, in the Prolouge thing, wich was titled, Away..., the Obea was just a pla More...
I didn't really like the Obea alot. I mean, in the Prolouge thing, wich was titled, Away..., the Obea was just a pla More...
Mar 15, 2011
Monica!
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I'm interested to see where the rest of the series goes from here, since as of right now, Faolan the Wolf is pretty much a god. Stolen from his mother and raised by a grizzly bear, he can walk on his back legs! He can leap huge distances! He's ridiculously intelligent! He has psychic visions! He possesses deep, primal, spiritual knowledge! He's a phenomenal artist! He can walk invisibly through the shadows! His paw has magic powers!!!!!!!
Presumably in book two he will sprout win More...
Presumably in book two he will sprout win More...
Jan 03, 2011
R. A. Danger
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The first two parts of the story seem to me to be more of an introduction of the characters and the way the wolves of the beyond live, their stories and also the animals that live in the beyond. It felt more like I was just roaming around getting to know everything that live there and how each animal live differently like the wolves believing so strongly in order, but also how the wolf and bear believe in that their cubs go to the some type of place when they died.
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Mar 23, 2010
Vicki
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Kids who love the Guardian of Ga'Hoole series are going to love this one, a promising start to a new series by Kathryn Laskey. Faolan is one of the support characters in the Ga'Hoole books, and this book is all about him, a young wolf pup taken from his mom shortly after birth and left to die on the riverbank because of a slight paw deformity. Wonderfully researched in terms of wolf behaviour. I'll be watching the rest of the series as Faolan's story unfolds.
Sep 05, 2011
Grace
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Summer Book-
I read the book wolves of the beyond: Lone Wolf this summer by Kathryn Lasky. In this book a deformed pup named Faolan gets left by the obea of his clan down a stream to get eaten by a grizly bear. When Faolan gets seen by the grizly bear she does not eat him but takes care of him. The grizly had lost her cub when he got eaten so he was her knew cub. Faolan got made fun by the bear cubs and at first he minded but after that he really didn't care if he look different. Whe More...
I read the book wolves of the beyond: Lone Wolf this summer by Kathryn Lasky. In this book a deformed pup named Faolan gets left by the obea of his clan down a stream to get eaten by a grizly bear. When Faolan gets seen by the grizly bear she does not eat him but takes care of him. The grizly had lost her cub when he got eaten so he was her knew cub. Faolan got made fun by the bear cubs and at first he minded but after that he really didn't care if he look different. Whe More...
Jun 04, 2010
Frankie
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I have read all fifteen of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole books, so I just had to read this other book by Kathryn Lasky. In this series, Wolves of the Beyond, Faolan is the main character. In the language of bears, "fao" means both "wolf" and "river", and "lan" means "gift". Therefore, Faolan is a wolf gift from the river. Read this book to learn about Faolan's fascinating young life, and see him join the MacDuncan clan at the very end.
Nov 11, 2011
Abbeygail
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faolns(excuse me if i misppled the name)epic adventure and love of all nature inspires me. his lovable grizzly mother and mysterious paw are just up anybody's ally. (animal lovers will hallucinate about this book) with distinct richness and a dazzling potential its a good read.
p.s.- I've already read up to the current novel! they are truly delicious and i cant wait till the next one! i highly reccomend it!
p.s.- I've already read up to the current novel! they are truly delicious and i cant wait till the next one! i highly reccomend it!
Mar 09, 2011
Dlmoore83
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I don't think i've ever loved a child's chapter book more. Definitely my favorite series, so far. Kathryn beautifully writes about the complexities of nature and a gentle way. Although some things are obviously fiction (a bear rearing a wolf pup) the physical language of bears and the structure of a wolf clan are based on nature's reality. There is a lot of teaching happening within this engaging story.
Following Faolan, the wolf pup, through his journey to becoming an adult wolf More...
Following Faolan, the wolf pup, through his journey to becoming an adult wolf More...
May 09, 2010
Virginia
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This book opens with a heartrending story. Of course, I am more prone to tears and crying ever since I became a mommy. Great beginning to a new series in the Ga'Hoole world. I can't wait to learn more about Faolin the wolf. I loved Thunderheart (aptly named) and Lasky is such a poignant writer. She conveys deep truths in such simple, accessible language. Can't wait for the rest of the series.
Jan 23, 2012
Noah
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My mother bought this for me to read to my son because he enjoyed the Owl series. We're not finished with the book yet, but we've found it to be boring. Lasky spends most of the book describing wolf behavior...much of it is violent and frankly disturbing for kids. 100 pages in and I'm still looking for a reason to keep reading or even care about what is happening to the characters.
Mar 30, 2011
Mike
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This book is about a crippled wolf who is taken away when he is a baby and left to die. But, a grizzly bear finds him and raises him. Soon, he has to leave the grizzly bear and sets off to find his clan. His clan thinks he has foaming mouth disease (rabies) and tries to drive him into a fire, but an owl convinces them not to. This is a great book, and I'm going to get the second one.
Feb 04, 2012
Romke
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After reading reviews here, I was at first a bit apprehensive. But that soon passed, as I was swepped up in an involving story with a unique new perspective.
Sure, the writing style is very similar to the Ga'Hoole series. But the added new viewpoints of wolves and bears makes this an interesting addition to Lasky's works.
If you liked the Guardians, you'll love this.
Sure, the writing style is very similar to the Ga'Hoole series. But the added new viewpoints of wolves and bears makes this an interesting addition to Lasky's works.
If you liked the Guardians, you'll love this.
Dec 05, 2011
Sparrowkeeper
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Being a fan of Kathryn Lasky's 'Guardians of Ga'hoole' I was excited upon hearing her new series: Wolves of the Beyond. I quickly got the book out and began to devour every word on the page. It was so exciting, so different and so unique! I loved how Kathryn built the complex wolf society. Overall, I loved this book and the character Faolan.
~Sparrow
~Sparrow
May 25, 2010
Omly
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Obviously, this is another book for my daughter. This is by the same author of the Ga'hoole series, and young (and not so young) readers that enjoyed that series will find this new series has a similar flavor with a slightly different perspective. Given the age level of the target audience, this was obviously a very light read for me, but it was still quite engaging.
May 18, 2010
Lucas
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Title: Lone Wolf
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Genre: Fiction
I give this book three out of five stars because it was a very engaging read, however it wasn’t very intellectually challenging. This book is narrated in the perspective of an abandoned wolf pup and is written with beautiful descriptions. Lasky does a good job of comparing many of the difficulties this lone wolf has to the difficulties an abandoned child has in our own world. I also found the plot to be very interesting and som More...
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Genre: Fiction
I give this book three out of five stars because it was a very engaging read, however it wasn’t very intellectually challenging. This book is narrated in the perspective of an abandoned wolf pup and is written with beautiful descriptions. Lasky does a good job of comparing many of the difficulties this lone wolf has to the difficulties an abandoned child has in our own world. I also found the plot to be very interesting and som More...
Nov 30, 2009
Kathryn
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The beginning to a new series set in the same world as The Guardians of Ga'Hoole featuring a young orphaned wolf. Though certainly not a classic this series will probably gain both the fans of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole and perhaps others as well since who can resist an intelligent noble wolf story. Reminded me a bit of Kjelgaard.
Oct 04, 2011
Victoria
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A great must- read and a real page turner. This book is a fiction by the now famous Kathryn Lasky (author of the famous "Gaurdians of Ga' Hoole".) This takes us into the world of wolves and also looks back at her original series with hints like "The great king Soren,". There is more to this series with a sequel "Shadow Wolves".
Jan 06, 2011
м¢кєℓℓ
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Personally, I thought it was kinda confusing to keep up with, but because I am a use-the-context-to-read kind of reader, I found it to be an alright read; not something I'd go around recommending to everyone (y'know, like those books you just *have* to read), but something quick and entertaining to read when there's not another book in hand.
