Award-winning writer, poet, and Mensa member pens fascinating fantasy novel...at just ten years old!
A mystical fantasy for middle-grade readers about lost wolves and their journey to rebuild their pack on the shoulders of their mysterious and magical ancestors.
When a cave collapses, the wolves that called it home had to scatter, while some had no choice but to stay, and the leader ended up unconscious in the cave. Without their leader, the pack is thrown into a storm of panic. Two young wolves, Jasper and Daffodil, end up cavorting in the forbidden woods-the darkest, cruelest, and fiercest forest their pack had always feared. A brutal encounter with tigers separates the two, and they are each met with their own set of troubles-taunts from a menacing Doberman, a stumble with a dangerous triple-decker bus, conflict with former packmates unveiled as sinister foes, violent river currents, and suffocating heat.
The pair of wolves learn of a powerful wolf ancestor, Felix, a descendant of Apollo, the wolf god of the sun. When a magical amulet is discovered, the ghost of Felix provides information to help the young pair out of trouble and a pronouncement to rebuild their pack and their home. Their subsequent journey has them folding into their mix the previously feared Doberman, two Labrador pups, a clingy sister-brother duo of Yorkshire terriers, and an overweight bulldog.
As Daffodil and Jasper forge ahead, they are on a mission to find the answer to a mystical question that Felix presented, while Daffodil grapples with an internal darkness that threatens to overcome her, and Jasper is haunted by a dream that seems to predict the future. With their new canine friends, this motley crew of packmates are the keystone to rebuilding their pack and their future, with the power of the amulets and new leaders guiding them.
