The Children and the Wolves
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...
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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 the reality around her. As the stakes grow higher and the guilt and tension mount, Wiggins cracks and finally brings Frog to a trusted adult. Not for the faint of heart, Adam Rapp’s powerful, mesmerizingnarrative ventures deep into psychological territory that few dare to visit.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763653378 (0763653373)
Publish date: February 28th 2012
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Contemporary,
Sociology,
Horror,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Social Issues,
Abuse,
Realistic Young Adult
This is one of the few books that had me cringing in public--realizing it and still not being able to stop. In a very good way.It's really amazing to see how much Rapp can do with such few words, and I am so impressed with how he shows everything--the hurt, the abuse, the way these kids are so fucke...
I loved Punkzilla so I have high hopes for this one!WOW-finished this right as the darkness and gloom of the day broke thru to a little bit of light-just like the ending of the book.
I loved Punkzilla so I have high hopes for this one!WOW-finished this right as the darkness and gloom of the day broke thru to a little bit of light-just like the ending of the book.
Adam Rapp once again demonstrates his mastery of raw, penetrating prose and bleak imagery. A grim, haunting story.
Intense, edgy, disturbing - just a few words that describe THE CHILDREN AND THE WOLVES by Adam Rapp. The reader is slapped in the face with the gritty story on the first page.Bounce, an extremely intelligent and wealthy girl meets Wiggins and Orange in detention. Bounce immediately sees them for wh...