Spirit Wolf (Wolves of the Beyond #5)

I love the way Kathryn Lasky writes. I really do. She describes landscapes as rich and beautiful as those of Brian Jacques while managing to address issues of spirituality, religion, tradition, family, and prejudice in surprisingly complex ways that (usually) are not heavyhanded and provide opportunities to discuss the issues with your child, if he or she is ready, or to ignore them and just enjoy the adventure. Her good characters tend to be unquestionably good, but they make mistakes and have growth and learning opportunities along the way, which keeps them interesting. Her evil characters can be deliciously evil or, in many cases, layered and capable of change. Some of the plot developments can get a bit grim. Spirit Wolf hits that note right off the bat, putting Faolin in a position where there's a lot he has to figure out in a hurry and requiring a tremendous amount of thought from wolves whose traditions have served them well but now need to be re-examined. My son is 11 and tore through this book. The vocabulary is easy enough for a 3rd grader to get through the book and learn new words from context (Lasky is very adept at this - her writing is just challenging enough without seeming stilted or artificially pedantic). The themes are accessible on many levels, which makes the book enjoyable for my now-fifth grade child and for me (WAY past fifth grade). I only wish the book had been longer.

I was amazed by Kathryn Lasky's book. She wrote so well. I even thought the last sentence," A new beginning of an end of an old world," was a quote. She fascinated me not just by the story, but by the pictures in each chapter. I thought her second last book was the best among the six books. I would recommend it for 10+ ages. I was sad for Gwynneth that the Sark died. Also, the Namara too. I cried when animals died, but was happy when Faolan made a plan to bring the nine wolves, an owl, three pups and two cubs to the Distant Blue.

Great book. The continuing story of Faolan and Edme. The Beyond is shattered by earthquakes and the wolves have to figure out what to do when their world comes apart. The building of the new interspecies clan adds some new dimensions to the plot. Also provides a nice setup for the final conflict in the series conclusion. My 9 year old daughter loved the pace of the action, and she loved the addition of the bear cubs to the story.

I don't even have to say anything. I started reading guardians of ga'hoole at a young age, and I still absolutely love this series. by the way remember to make sure you add references from guardians book 13 river of wind. faolan is heading there, and I want to see some references from the blue owls. oops I just spoiled it. awesome series, my favorite right up there with erin hunter's warriors (all 4 series) and the bear book hunter wrote, I think it's called trackers.

I liked this book but we're is the end it just stopped at a bad time. Number 3 is my favorite this books ok I'm sad there's only one more I love this series I can't wait to read the owls of ghool are they going to make a bear series I hope they do Toby sounds cute. I LOVE THIS SEIREIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read this book only if your read the ones beafore.

I have always enjoyed this series. Ever since the very first book. All the characters from past books came together at the end and that gives me hope that this race of wolves, bears and owls can survive in a new world known as the far blue. I loved this so much that I got two stuffed wolves and named them Folan and Edme! Cheers to the next magnificent book! ;)

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My son loves this series. He also buys an audio version and reads along. The author develops the characters so well and draws the reader into thei world in a colorfully descriptive way. It is a bit detailed and has some animal violence. My reluctant reader can spend two hours with this book! I highly recommend for kids 10-14.

This whole series is a beautiful side series to the guardian's of the ha'hoole. A brilliant author who seems to know just the limit of the painful and horrific scenes and the beauty and wonder.

Bought the whole series. She loves Wolf stories.

Best book ever,really recommended for young and teen readers, really recommend and enjoyed it, thank you so much Kathryn lasky.

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Great item. Recommended.