Don’t miss this dazzling tour de force.” -Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning author of The One and Only Ivan “Riveting and lyrical, A WOLF CALLED WANDER is a vibrantly imagined celebration of the natural world. (Mar.Massive Congratulations to A WOLF CALLED WANDER by Rosanne Parry and A WHALE OF THE WILD by Rosanne Parry and illustrated by Lindsay Moore (Greenwillow Books), which have started off the year once again on the New York Times Middle Grade Paperback Bestseller list for the month of January! A WOLF CALLED WANDER has been on either the New York Times Hardback or Paperback lists for an incredible 2 1/2 years, and A WHALE OF THE WILD joins it for the very first time this month. The action may take place in the '90s, but this reads like first-class historical fiction Parry (Heart of a Shepherd) vividly conjures the political tensions of the period, the challenges of life as an army brat, and the redemptive power of music. The trip doesn't go as planned, and the friends wind up on a wild goose chase with international ramifications. Along with commanding Giselle and brainy Vivian, Jody plans to enter a solo and ensemble contest in Paris as a string trio their planned performance is thwarted when their teacher falls ill, but when they witness the attempted murder of Arvo, a Soviet soldier and translator, they rescue him and plot to secret him to Paris. Jody, a violinist and classical composer, is dreading leaving her two best friends when her father retires from the army, and she will again be forced to uproot her life to move to Texas. Set in 1990, just after the Berlin Wall has fallen, Parry's insightful coming-of-age novel follows the tumultuous journey of three eighth-grade friends who live on an army base in Berlin.
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