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The Last Wolf

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The Last Wolf is an excellent book. It is well written and has an gripping plot. This book is a great book for teenagers. However, if you are an animal or wolf lover, this book is for you. The author, Gary Enright, has a wonderful gift for writing. He describes everything in great detail and therefore the book is very colorful. The Last Wolf takes place in the early 1900s. It is about an extraordinary wolf's struggle against man and their efforts to annihilate his species. The wolf's name is Waken. This wolf does everything in his power during his lifetime to protect his species from humans who wish to destroy all wolves. Waken takes a vengeful course of action to get back at the humans, brutal as it may appear. However, because of all the things that humans have done to Waken and his wolf pack, like catching members of the pack in traps, poisoning their food, and hunting down the pack and then shooting those who did not get away, his action was appropriate. He fights these humans for survival for his family, those he loves and himself. This book is the story of Waken's entire extraordinary life. The author of this book has a wonderful gift of writing. He has the ability to get inside a wolf's head without making the animal human. Because he has this wonderful gift, there is dialog in the book, even though the wolves are only communicating through body language. It is up to the reader to imagine the wolves doing this and not talking. This book is wonderfully well written, and is sure to grab anyone into it right away.

Perfect for wolf-lovers and non wolf-lovers alike. It really makes you see wolves from a different perspective. You CANT end up hating wolves after reading this, its impossible. I mean, it also makes you more aware of the problems wolves are facing now. Do you know that wolves are endangered? Most people think of giant pandas when they think about a poor, endangered species. I think that is why people can just be so terrible to wolves - they dont know enough aobut them. I have two simple word to say about this book: read it.

I currently live along the Little Missouri River just a few miles from the actual location for the setting of this book. I have used this book in my elementary classroom in a whole language unit on wolves. There is much "local history" about this story dealing with the wolf named "Three Toes". It is excellent for not only adults, but also our young adults. It depicts our area well from the wolf's point of view.

I currently live along the Little Missouri River just a few miles from the actual location for the setting of this book. I have successfully used this book in my elementary classroom in a whole language unit on wolves. There is much "local lore" about this story that echos the life of the wolf named "Three Toes". It is excellent reading for not only adults, but also our young adults. It tells the story from the wolf's point of view.

The Last Wolf is written by Gary Enright It is about a pack of wolves that have to servive from hunters. One of the wolves is about to have pups and she needs to stop and rest from running from the hunters. So her and her mate stop and hid from the hunters. They can see the hunters and hear them and hope the hunters don't see them. One of the main characters is Zando he is the leader of the pack. He is the farther of the pups. Anthor character is Laomi she is Zandos wife. She is one of the most important wolf because she can hunt the best. Wakan is important because he might become a pack leader one day. He is the only one that has prove him self. The book is about wolves that have to get away from hunters and learn about live. I think this book was good because it is exciting and interesting. I think this book should be for teenagers.

The Last Wolf by Gary Enright is the best wolf-based book I have ever read! The characters were so poignant - Mr. Enright has a rare gift of being able to get inside the wolf's head without having to humanize the animal. You can tell that Mr. Enright has a deep reverence for all things wild - I highly recommend this book if you're looking for a good historical novel about wolves. It's a rich, rich treat!