You can find that when judging the overall quality of a book there are two things that can be useful as a guide. The wound in his arm burned, and with each breath his bruised ribs ached savagely, but he didn't dare stop. Due to its subject matter, a young boy becoming orphaned and having to fend for himself in the wild, the tale is gritty and realistic and holds no punches when showing the harshness of the lives that was endured by Torak and the clans.

This a predominantly a young adults book, Torak is twelve and I was say that this is probably the optimum age to read it. JK Rowling’s successful Harry Potter series had resulted in a flood of teenage angst and magic type books that did not live up to the quality of Rowling’s inventions. Wolf Brother has also brought a welcome breath of fresh air to the realm of children’s fantasy.

The short, sharp chapters and wonderful world development creates a page-turner that can be finished without the reader even noticing they were getting near the end. Wolf Brother is an excellent book, highly researched and showing admirable attention to detail. Evil stalks the forest and Torak must face a foe that stalks him silently and cannot be shaken. Torak must keep going his only friend is another orphan, a small wolf cub. His father is dead, slain by a demon in the form of a great bear. Wolf Brother is the first book of six and begins The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver.

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