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Wolfstongue

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FORMAT: Paperback PRICE: £8.99 PAGES: 224 Pages PUBLICATION DATE: 01/09/2025 ISBN: 9781915071972

Wolfstongue

Sam Thompson illus by Anna Tromop

Little Island

A new edition of the award-winning, critically acclaimed children’s debut by Booker-longlisted author Sam Thompson.

Silas is bullied at school because his words will not come. He wishes he could live in silence as animals do. Deep in the Forest, the foxes live in an underground city built by their wolf slaves. The foxes’ leader Reynard controls everything with his clever talk.

One day, Silas helps an injured wolf. Then he enters the secret world of the Forest, where the last remaining wolves fight to survive. But even there, language is power.

Can Silas find his voice in time to help his wolf friends – can he become the Wolfstongue?

  • Award-winning, critically acclaimed middle-grade fiction with a ong shelf life as a modern classic
  • Cover carries quotes from Piers torday, Anthony McGowan and The Times
  • Includes an author Q&A at the end of the book.