The Midnight Fox

Saving Sky

The Owl Keeper

Pip: The Story of Olive

Take Me to the River

Summer Pony

A Boy and a Jaguar

Summer of the Monkeys

* "A little gem of a book for all wild-hearted lovers of the natural world." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewJulie of the Wolves meets Hatchet in this middle grade novel that follows twelve-year-old Nika and her seven-year-old brother, Randall, as they leave their California foster home to spend a summer with their long-lost uncle. There she finds an orphaned wolf pup in a cave, whose mother has been shot.This compelling first novel explores themes of searching for family and finding a balance between caring for—and leaving alone—wild animals.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Midnight Fox

Betsy Byars, 1968

Saving Sky

Diane Stanley, 2010

The Owl Keeper

Christine Brodien-Jones, 2010

Pip: The Story of Olive

Kim Kane, 2008

Take Me to the River

Will Hobbs, 2010

Summer Pony

Jean Slaughter Doty, 1973

A Boy and a Jaguar

Alan Rabinowitz, Catia Chien, 2014

Summer of the Monkeys

Wilson Rawls, 1976