![]() Like many stories with girl main characters, this story is closely connected to the seasons. We three had worn oilcloth ponchos, hoods up, and boots, so we were plenty dry and warm, but many of the other children came in soaked and shivering. There is plenty of hygge - the peeling of apples, the large family table in their big, warm farm house.īy the time we got to the schoolhouse, it was raining in earnest. Instead, Wolf Hollow is an ‘snail under the leaf setting’, where people grow ‘ victory gardens‘ and residents are surrounded by nature. (Raccoon Creek and the Turtle Stone are other fetching names used in the book.) But unlike the world of (the original) Green Gables, this is no utopia. “Wolf Hollow” is a romantic, intriguing name reminiscent of something Anne Shirley would dream up. It’s immediately clear that this is a war-aftermath story. Originally written as an adult book, marketed and edited as a children’s book. Wolf Hollow is the literary, middle-grade version of that book in some ways. I have previously taken a close look at a lesser-known picturebook called Wolf Comes To Town. ![]() Though moons tend to be massive in children’s books, the moon on this cover would have to be the most massive I’ve seen in a while! Here I focus instead on the writing techniques, for writers of middle grade. This mid-20th century story is chock-full of symbolism which makes it great for a novel study. Wolf Hollow (2016) is a middle grade novel by Lauren Wolk. ![]()
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