ΓÇ£DonΓÇÖt miss this dazzling tour de force.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöKatherine Applegate,Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan This gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story of one wolfΓÇÖs incredible journey to find a safe place to call home. Illustrated throughoutthis irresistible tale by award-winning author Rosanne Parry is for fans of Sara PennypackerΓÇÖs Pax and Katherine ApplegateΓÇÖs The One and Only Ivan. Swifta young wolf cublives with his pack in the mountains learning to huntcompeting with his brothers and sisters for hierarchyand watching over a new litter of cubs. Then a rival pack attacksand Swift and his family scatter. Alone and scaredSwift must flee and find a new home. His journey takes him a remarkable one thousand miles across the Pacific Northwest. The trip is full of periland Swift encounters forest fireshuntershighwaysand hunger before he finds his new home. Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a wolf named OR-7 (or Journey)this irresistible tale of survival invites readers to experience and imagine what it would be like to be one of the most misunderstood animals on earth. This gripping and appealing novel about familycourageloyaltyand the natural world is for fans of Fred GipsonΓÇÖs Old Yeller and Katherine ApplegateΓÇÖs Endling. Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout and a map as well as information about the real wolf who inspired the novel.