Genre: Fantasy (Supernatural Romance)
Subjects: YA Fiction, Love & Romance, Supernatural, Metamorphosis, Wolves, Human Animal Relationships
Audience: ages 14 and up
At age 9, Grace was saved from a pack of wolves by a lone wolf with yellow eyes. Now at age 17, she waits for her wolf every winter in the peaceful woods behind her house. when a local teenage boy is killed by wolves, the townspeople hunt down the wolves. Grace runs to the woods to save the wold with the yellow eyes and finds an injured boy that she knows instantly is her wolf in human form. Sam confides his story to Grace and she helps him to get warm and tries to keep him human. Her parents are not very involved in her life and are not even aware that there is a teenage boy living in their daughter's bedroom. As their loves grows, they both know that it is only a matter of time before he returns to wolf form. The teenage boy that is said to have died has returns as a wolf and begins to attack people. Grace, Sam and the teenage boy's sister desperately look for a cure. The group comes up with a plan and executes it but the readers are left hanging to find out whether or not Sam is cured. It is wrapped up with a happy ending where Sam is cured and Sam and Grace are back together. It is reminiscent of a Romeo and Juliet tale - two lovers who are doomed to be never be together but it all works out in the end. This story is told with alternating points of view from Grace and Sam. It builds on what is known about werewolves with a bit of Stiefvater's own twist which makes the story line intriguing and builds strong characters.
Awards;
Georgia Peach Book Award (2011)
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee (2011)
Children's Choice Book Award Nominee for Teen Choice Book of the Year (2010)
Florida Teens Read Nominee (2010)
Teen Read Award Nominee for Best Read (2010)
VOYA Perfect Ten (2009)
The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2010)
Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2012)
The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2010)
Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2012)
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