We Were Wolves

by Jason Cockcroft

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Pub Date 7 Jul 2022 | Archive Date 1 Jul 2022

Sci Fi & Fantasy | Teens & YA

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Description

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal

Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is survive alone for a little while longer.
But dark forces are circling – like the dangerous man in the Range Rover, who is looking for his stolen money. And then there are the ancient forces that have lain asleep in the woods for an age...

Advance Praise

'A truly original and affecting piece of work. Unsettling but beautiful, sparse but packed with heart, it’s a real invasion of the senses' Phil Earle

'A beautifully strange illustrated novel... calls to mind the work of Patrick Ness and David Almond, and their capacity to be both topical and timeless' Irish Times

'A classic of its kind, squeezing every drop of tension out of the reader until the final, hallucinatory climax' Melvin Burgess

'A truly original and affecting piece of work. Unsettling but beautiful, sparse but packed with heart, it’s a real invasion of the senses' Phil Earle

'A beautifully strange illustrated novel... calls...