Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver

Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver: Friendship. Trust. And adventure (273 words)
by Edith-Smish - written on 20.07.08 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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Wolf brother by Michelle Paver When my friend recommended me read this I thought not to expect much but from the first page I was engrossed in a world of friends, family and fight. This book provided a world I could escape to with an interesting character list this book will not disappoint. Michelle Paver was born in central Africa but came to England as a child. After gaining a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford university she went on to become a partner in a city law firm but gave that up to write full time. Wolf Brother is the first in the Chronicles Of Ancient Darkness and was first published in 2004. The story follows Torak, a young ...

Evocative and tense, Wolfbrother delievers a great adventure ... (1113 words)
by nevikrose - written on 10.01.08 (Very useful, 94 readings)
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It seems that good novels set in Prehistoric times are few and far between, especially for children. Jean Auel's Earth's Children series was the best of the genre in my eyes, but it is certainly not for younger readers. I was advised to pick up a copy of Michelle Paver's Wolfbrother when researching the questing child in children's literature and found myself engrossed almost immeadiately. It tells the story of a boy, Torak, living in Prehistoric Europe, after the first Ice Age, Torak is Just 12 years old, when a hideous and twisted bear attacks and fatally injures his father there is nothing Torak can do to save him. When his father reveals the ...