Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me
KJ Carson lives an outdoor lover’s dream. The only daughter of a fishing and wildlife guide, KJ can hold her own on the water or in the mountains near her hometown outside Yellowstone National Park. But when she meets the shaggy-haired, intensely appealing Virgil, KJ loses all self-possession....
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KJ Carson lives an outdoor lover’s dream. The only daughter of a fishing and wildlife guide, KJ can hold her own on the water or in the mountains near her hometown outside Yellowstone National Park. But when she meets the shaggy-haired, intensely appealing Virgil, KJ loses all self-possession. And she’s not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that they’re assigned to work together on a school newspaper article about the famous wolves of Yellowstone. As KJ spends time with Virgil, she also spends more time getting to know a part of her world that she always took for granted . . . and she begins to see herself and her town in a whole new light.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670011421 (0670011428)
Publish date: May 13th 2010
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Pages no: 371
Edition language: English
Do you ever read a book and when it’s over, you just sit back and scratch your head and say to yourself, “What was that even about?” That was this book for me. I knew this was a contemporary novel from the very beginning—but I figured Chandler would give me a reason to care about the wolves involv...
KJ’s always been fascinated by the wolves around Yellowstone. When the town starts a campaign to get rid of them, KJ knows she can’t be the quiet little outcast anymore. She starts a column about wolves in her school’s newspaper, and gets to work with the handsome new transfer Virgil, who is as myst...
I bought this not really knowing what it was about. The cover got my attention, but it was the title that made me buy it without checking it out. I was pretty happy with what I got. I enjoyed the story and the road to discovery that KJ was on.This had quite a lot on the wolves of Yellowstone in it a...
I'm not sure if I'd give Wolves... a 3 or 2.5. My thoughts aren't too organized, seeing as I woke up at four this morning, so I'm going for the bullet-point route.Good Stuff:-K.J. had an enjoyable voice, usually, giving me a few laughs or "Oh, that's so true" moments.-It's hard to be original these ...
hit for first time author!!!The element to this story that just makes it shine is real wolves. Campaigning for the wolves of Yellowstone National Park, KJ takes her town by storm. A story filled with friends, fun, school, heartache, chores, dangers, and the struggles to find just where you fit wit...
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