Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
About the Author
★ Lauren Wolk graduated from Brown University in 1981 with a degree in English & American Literature and a concentration in Creative Writing.
★She is married to her college classmate, Richard, and has two sons: Ryland and Cameron.
★ She lives on Cape Cod and is the Associate Director at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, MA.
★ In addition to being a novelist, she is also a poet and artist.
About the Book
★ A 2017 Newbery Honor Book
★ A 2017 Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book
★ Winner of the 2016 New England Book Award
★ An ALA Notable Children's Book
★ An NPR Best Book of the Year
★ A Booklist Best Book of the Year
★ An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of the Year
★ A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
★ A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year
★ A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
★ A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of the Year
Reviews
★“[A] powerful debut…beautifully written.”—The Wall Street Journal
★“Wrenching and true…With a precociously perceptive girl as a main character; a damaged, misunderstood recluse; and themes of prejudice and bigotry, comparisons to Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ will abound. But Wolk gives us her own story—one full of grace and stark, brutal beauty.”—New York Times Book Review
★ “[Wolk] realizes her setting with gorgeous immediacy, introducing the culture of this all-white world of hollows, hills, and neighbors with confidence and clear-eyed affection. Trusting its readers implicitly with its moral complexity, Wolk’s novel stuns.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “The tension builds and never lets up. The storytelling here is dignified and the tone is memoir-ish, because Annabelle is remembering the story in the past…The portrait of Betty, an unredeemed sociopath, pulls no punches, and Toby is a nuanced and poignant character, an unlikely hero.”—The Horn Book, starred review
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