Wolf Mark

by Joseph Bruchac

Overview

Luke King knows a lot of things. Like four different ways to disarm an enemy before the attacker can take a breath. Like every detail of every book he’s ever read. And Luke knows enough—just enough—about what his father does as a black ops infiltrator to know which questions not to ask.
Luke hopes that this time, he’ll finally have a normal life. He’ll be able to ask out the girl he likes. He’ll hang out with his friends. He’ll be invisible—just as he wants.
But when his dad goes missing, Luke realizes that life will always be different for him. Suddenly he must avoid his father’s kidnappers, while at the same time evading the attention of a mysterious clique of Russian hipsters, who seem much too interested in Luke’s own personal secret. Faced with multiple challenges and his emerging paranormal identity, Luke must decide who to trust as he creates his own destiny.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013255883
Publisher:	Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Publication date:	09/21/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	392
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

JOSEPH BRUCHAC is an award-winning storyteller, poet, and author of more than one hundred twenty books for adults and young readers. His work, which often draws on his Abenaki ancestry, has won numerous awards, including ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, National Wildlife Federation Award, and multiple state association awards. He and his two grown sons work extensively on the preservation of Abenaki culture, language, and traditional Native outdoor skills. Bruchac has also taught martial arts for more than thirty years, focusing in particular on the martial art of Indonesia, Pentjak Silat, in which he holds the rank of Master.

Editorial Reviews

Bruchac has created a tense, readable novel. He combines Native American lore, supernatural elements, genetic engineering, romance, geopolitics, and adventure in one story. At times this ambitious mixture stretches credulity, and in the hands of a lesser storyteller the novel would simply fall apart, but the mystery and edge-of-your-seat action are enough to keep readers hooked.

School Library Journal

Drawing on Native American traditions and his own lively imagination, Bruchac has written a genre-blending novel that combines horror, science fiction, and adventure into a satisfying whole. The fast pace will hold readers’ attention to the end, which—yes—leaves the door open to the possibility of a sequel.

Booklist Magazine

A loner teen finds himself caught up in a paranormal paramilitary threat—but he has both untapped personal resources and some unlikely allies to help him out.

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A solid entry into the paranormal market, with an appealingly different hero.

Kirkus Reviews

Bruchac (Dragon Castle) delivers a fun twist on werewolf stories mixed with some mad science and espionage. . . . Bruchac adeptly incorporates characters of various heritages: Luke is Native American; his best friend/crush, Meena, is Pakistani; and the Sunglass Mafia—a group of students who are more than they seem—are from eastern Russia. Luke also possesses a hefty amount of cultural and political awareness to go with his combat and espionage expertise, which serve him well.

Publisher's Weekly

"[W]hen the action kicks in, it does so in overdrive. A solid entry into the paranormal market, with an appealingly different hero." — Kirkus Reviews

"Drawing on Native American traditions and his own lively imagination, Bruchac has written a genre-blending novel that combines horror, science fiction, and adventure into a satisfying whole. The fast pace will hold readers' attention to the end, which—yes—leaves the door open to the possibility of a sequel." — Booklist

"Bruchac has created a tense, readable novel. He combines Native American lore, supernatural elements, genetic engineering, romance, geopolitics, and adventure in one story." — School Library Journal

"A howling great read–equal parts smarts, action & heart." — Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize

"What a page turner from Joe Bruchac. It begins like a YA fantasy novel, and ends in a rush of science fiction, with a promise (fingers crossed from this reader at any rate) that there is a possible sequel. The book is endlessly inventive and rushes ahead till one is breathless with anxiety and hope." — Jane Yolen, author of The Devil's Arithmetic

"Bruchac delivers a fun twist on werewolf stories mixed with some mad science and espionage." — Publishers Weekly

Westchester Fiction Award - Westchester Fiction Award Committee

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