Raised By Wolves is a different kind of Patterson mystery. Do not confuse it with several novels of the same name, or the sci-fi or British TV Series.
Here, two teenagers are caught rampaging through Kokanee Creek Idaho’s Grizzly Grocery and Bait Shop. Almost as if they are hopped up on drugs, in a whirlwind of destruction, they smash windows, rip open packages and voraciously consume anything they can get their hands on; just like wild animals. CLICK HERE TO BUY AT AMAZON
Captured and detained by Police Chief Chester Greene, the siblings appear to be feral. They unkempt pair growl and gnash their teeth.
When the older sibling Kai chooses to speak, she relays a fantastic story of their growing up in the woods within the company of the wolf pack family that has always protected and cared for them.
Their big mistake was bursting into civilization.
Kai and Holo’s history is stranger than fiction. Since no record of missing children exists, rather than hold them in the jail’s cage, Greene decides to bring them home where he and his girlfriend can care for them while the search for their parents ensues.
The defiant and courageous Kai andHolo experience many challenges, discrimination and bullying. Despite getting into trouble, they manage keep their heads above water and begin to adjust to and enoy life as real teenagers. However, their story never changes and they long for their forest home.
Raised By Wolves is fast-paced and always keeps your attention. The uncommon subect matter makes it hard to put down as the reader grows to care about the siblings with their deep connection to nature, and wants to discover more about who they are and where they belong.
It may also cause you to examine our relationship with nature and what it means to be human.
Raised By Wolves is exciting and thought-provoking. You never know where the twists will take you. Not what you might expect, it’s worth finding out.
Raised By Wolves
James Patterson and Emily Raymond
Little, Brown and Company 2024
368 pages
J Curran
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