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Wolf-Woman (Laurel-Leaf Books)

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It held my attention through out the book, it was so realistic and it moved me in so many ways, I think it was just so well-written and it's a real favorite..

This book is just that, with a little bit of everything. Set in a prehistoric setting in first person, the reader can really connect with every one of Tanith's (the main character) thoughts. Tanith lived with wolves as a small child before the tribe of Ahear came to kill the wolves and return her to human society, treating her as nothing more than a slave. Soon she begins to long to return to the wolves, who treated her more kindly than any human ever did. But a young man from a neighboring tribe inevitably falls in love with her and offers her a home with his less savage clan. Tanith is left to chose between the worlds of wolves and humans. It's actually something like Julie of the Wolves, but far more detailed in plot and character, and worthy of a wider range of audiences. I've read it at least ten times over since the age of nine, and I'm still not tired of it. I'd reccommend this to anyone, whether they are friends of wolves or not.

Wolf Woman is a powerful novel written through Tanith's eyes. In the book you feel all Tanith's feelings, her thoughts. I think that Tanith is physically human, but mentally wolf. She is calm, carefree and happy when she is with the wolves, and, although when she is with her `human friend' Gibran [whom she loves] she is happy, most of her other feelings with humans have been worry, confusion, sadness. Her clan hates the wolves, so when the two worlds clash, her feelings turn to confusion, grief, hatred. Tanith has many different emotions rolled into one, which creates one of the best and most powerful book I have ever, ever, read! I think that the book is good because it is not too unrealistic, like some fairy tales where the good characters never die, the bad guys always die, etc, etc, etc. Tanith is such a realistic book you feel like you're living in the time of Tanith, Woman of the Wolves.

Tanith is a novel by Sherryl Jordan and is an extremely good novel, too. It is set thousands of years ago, in South America and the main character is well, guess... Tanith. A quick summary of the start: Tanith was born and taken into a wolf clan as a young baby, there she stayed for 5 seasons until adopted by a small clan with a chieftain called Ahearn. Tanith has trouble being in Ahearns clan, because she loves the wolves and wants to go back to see them, but her clan's biggest enemies are the wolves and so she becomes hurt by the clan's insults and warnings about the wolves. A few words to describe the novel: Definitely educational, unique, romantic, enjoyable and unusual. Glossary: *Clan = another word for a tribe; *Tribe = a group of animals\people who live together and follow the same religion or god\s; *Seasons = an old word for years; *Chieftain = the person [used to nearly always be men] who is in-charge of the clan and who sets orders and things;

Wolf Woman is an exciting story I read. It was about a girl called Wolf-Woman by the clan.Tanith is meant to be part of a family but is treated like an outsider. Then this man, Gibran, has come to say he loves Tanith.

``We chose each other, the wolves and I,though our first meeting is so far back in my life that it is lost in the shades of memory.''

This is the most exciting part!I think all teenagers should read this book if they like a good book about not fitting with people in with but fitting in well with animals.

How do I begin explaining this awesome book?
Captivating, heartwrenching, exciting, fantastic and beautiful are all great words to describe this book. Wolf-Woman is extremely well written, well thought out, and with carefully developed characters. I have no doubt that Sherryl Jordan's heart and soul went into this book. It by far one of the best I've ever read.

P.S. There is one thing I'd like to point out that none of the other reviewers seem to have gotten right: the book takes place somewhere in Europe shortly after the first century A.D. Not in South America, and certainly not in prehistoric times, because there is mention of the Lion and the Lamb which is Jesus Christ, and traveling storytellers are only called bards in certain places in Europe.

This is such a beautifully written book That I read it in one day and now I wish there was another....I love wolf/malamute books but even though Wolf-Woman didn't have that much on the wolves it was Really GOOD....I highly reccommend this book!!!!

I love wolves and nature and I could not put this book down!!!! Readers should be at a mature enough level to understand what passion for life really is. This is by far the best book I've read in a long time!!!!

This is one of Sheeryl Jordan's best. Truly wonderful, moving, beautiful - I hadn't cried that much in a long time. Not as good as Winter of Fire, but very, very close. A beautiful book.

When young, Tanith, a three summers old child is abandoned outside a den, while a battle takes place. After a victorious win, Ahern, a chieftain of a blond haired clan finds her. Tanith learns to live with the clan and Ahern and his first wife - Nolwyn. Then Nolwyn dies and the only thing Ahern has left to keep is Tanith. Ahern starts living with his second wife. She wants to keep Ahern all to herself and soon enough the whole clan is against Tanith. Beneath her heart, Tanith is craving for the wolves but Gibran, a pledge son is holding her back from going with them. How can Tanith live through this type of mockery and evil? But how can she leave Gibran, who wants to marry her? She only has five days to decide where her love will stay and whether peace can be with her once again. Troubled, puzzled and totally losing her mind Tanith has to think fast before her time is up. Trapped between the two worlds in her heart, Tanith is forced to choice between them. So she runs away to the wolves. The thing I liked most about this book is that this story is actually telling you that wolves and humans are equivalent in the ways you would least expect. When I say this I mean that wolves are a clan and people are a clan, and that wolves can respect you and people can respect you but, in their own type of way. In reading this book, I learnt allot about the habits and behaviour of wolves. The thing I liked most about the main character - Tanith was that even though Tanith was a female, she still was independent and strong against male.

Lauren Bamford Age, 11