I participate in a district-wide reading program. A list is put together that is mostly Bluebonnet Nominee's and each year I have the wonderful opportunity to read a number of new titles.
This book was on last year's list:
My students love stories about animals and this one is a great example of a first person narrative. Based on the true journey of a real wolf in Oregon who left his pack and traveled alone over 1,000 miles. This story is one of resilience, determination and the importance of packs. There are parts that I skipped-even though we have learned about the food chain, they didn't like the detailed summaries of deer being killed by the wolves. But it's a story that resonated with my little wolf-obsessed students. They begged to hear the story every day and couldn't wait to find out what happened to our protagonist.
The activities that accompanied the chapters read daily had to do with cause and effect, talking about the difference in hearing the wolf's perspective and the arc of the character development.
There was also this great video from the author explaining her motivation and process:
And this site with other resources. We discovered a real wolf sanctuary only about an hour away. I'm hoping to write a grant so we can take a field trip.
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