Name: Jeni Enjaian's review of Hear the Wolves by Victoria Scott
Item: Hear the Wolves
Rating: 4
Author: Jeni Enjaian

Victoria Scott

Sloan Riley's a skilled hunter, but since her mother left, and she lost hearing in one ear, she's clung to her father and older sister, so waking up and discovering they've left her for a few days terrifies her. But when an autumn blizzard threatens to bury her small Alaskan town, and the wolves begin to hunt, she must find her courage if she's to get herself and the few remaining citizens to safety beyond the forest.

Hear the Wolves

Jeni Enjaian

Sarah Sammis

Hear the Wolves by Victoria Scott is about a left behind group of people trying to reach safety during a snow storm, being pursued by wolves. Per the endnotes, the novel was inspired by a dream and the jumps the plot's in logic show that origin. But the novel is set in Alaska and that real world setting doesn't mesh well with the narrative flow. 

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This book drew me in and would not let me go even when things got real, fast. 

Scott creates a narrative that immerses you in a world unfamiliar to most, the remote Alaska wilderness, without reference to time period or any other anchoring historical information. Once I started, I could not put this book down.

However, even though Scott does not include gratuitous violence or graphics, I would not recommend this book to some of my students. At the middle school level, some do not have the maturity necessary to read a book like this without becoming traumatized.

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