Children and the Wolves |
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| Authors: | Rapp, Adam |
| Topics: | Frienship, Teen Topics, Social Issues |
| Lexile: | 630, |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press |
| ISBN: | 9780763656256, |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 157, |
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, mesmerizing
narrative ventures deep into psychological territory that few dare to visit.
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