The Wolf Road: A Novel
Elka barely remembers a time before she knew Trapper. She was just seven years old, wandering lost and hungry in the wilderness, when the solitary hunter took her in. In the years since then, he’s taught her how to survive in this desolate land where civilization has been destroyed and men are at...
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Elka barely remembers a time before she knew Trapper. She was just seven years old, wandering lost and hungry in the wilderness, when the solitary hunter took her in. In the years since then, he’s taught her how to survive in this desolate land where civilization has been destroyed and men are at the mercy of the elements and each other. But the man Elka thought she knew has been harboring a terrible secret. He’s a killer. A monster. And now that Elka knows the truth, she may be his next victim. Armed with nothing but her knife and the hard lessons Trapper’s drilled into her, Elka flees into the frozen north in search of her real parents. But judging by the trail of blood dogging her footsteps, she hasn’t left Trapper behind—and he won’t be letting his little girl go without a fight. If she’s going to survive, Elka will have to turn and confront not just him, but the truth about the dark road she’s been set on. The Wolf Road is an intimate cat-and-mouse tale of revenge and redemption, played out against a vast, unforgiving landscape—told by an indomitable young heroine fighting to escape her past and rejoin humanity.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781101906149 (1101906146)
ASIN: 1101906146
Publish date: 2017-04-11
Publisher: Broadway Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
You ever seen a bear jump off a cliff ’cause life handed him a few rough draws? No, you haven’t. The wild keeps going till it don’t have strength in its muscles and bones. The wild don’t give up; it’s forever, and so was I. I wasn’t sure whether or not I’d like this book when I’d first started readi...
The Wolf Road is about a seven year old girl named Elka who due to a "thunderhead" aka a violent storm, she ends up all on her own. She's taken in and raised by a man she calls Trapper. He teachers her how to trap, hunt and survive in the woods. When she gets older though she sees a wanted poster of...
Novel is pert-near perfect. One slight complaint I got is that some parts is a mite hard to read. Made my head spun, they done did. Cruise willin' and the creek don't rise, I might give 'er another read one day. See what alls I might of misunderstood cuz it's writ all broke-like. Writing that first ...
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life.I love a nicely told dark story and that is exactly what I got with this book. I really liked that the story is told from a very unique voice although I would imagine that not all readers will enjoy Elka's rough speech as I did. I thought that ...
#WOLFROAD AVAILABLE 7/5/16 GOOD STORY JUST NOT WHT I EXPECTED 3 STARS! @BethKLewis @CrownPublishing I wanted so many times to put this book down in the beginning. It took about 40% of the book for it to get interesting for me. Not counting the first chapter, of course. Then it started slowing d...