Author(s): Daniel Pennac

Middle Readers

This is a classic, essential read by master storyteller Daniel Pennac. The wolf has lost nearly everything on his journey to the zoo, including an eye and his beloved pack. The boy too has lost much and seen many terrible things. They stand eye to eye on either side of the wolf's enclosure and, slowly, each makes his own extraordinary story known to the other...It is the winner of the 2005 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in translation. It comes from the author of The Rights of the Reader which has sold over one million copies in France. "A book about opening our eyes...an intriguing and memorable story". (Guardian). "An exquisitely atmospheric novel." (Sunday Telegraph).