Summer of the Wolves

An orphan girl finds kinship with a motherless wolf pup in this 'little gem of a book for all wild-hearted lovers of the natural world' (Kirkus, starred review)Twelve-year-old Nika just wants a place to call home. Since she and her younger brother Randall became orphans, they've moved from one foster home to another. And now they're making the biggest move of all-leaving California to visit their long-lost Uncle Ian, a wildlife biologist who lives in rural Minnesota. While the change is daunting, Nika soon makes unlikely friends with the wolves her uncle studies, and with a local boy who hates to see them locked away in cages. Polly Carlson-Voiles's debut middle grade novel explores themes of searching for family and finding a balance between caring for wild animals and allowing them to go free.