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Subscribe for $3 a Month. Wolk’s novel begins in the autumn of 1943, when the 11-year-old protagonist, Annabelle, is living with her family in a farmhouse in the hills of rural Pennsylvania. Although the world is at war, Annabelle’s existence is peaceful until “incorrigible” Betty Glengarry moves to their community (5).
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Denise Mealy: What inspired you to write WOLF HOLLOW? How are you familiar with the time period and the rural farm life? Lauren Wolk: My mother’s stories of her childhood on a small farm in western Pennsylvania inspired Wolf Hollow. So did many, many wonderful visits there, from the time I was a baby right up until my grandmother died at 96, in 201...
Written by Lauren Wolk Publisher’s Synopsis: Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, thi...
Lauren Wolk is an award-winning poet, artist, and author of the adult novel Those Who Favor Fire. She was born in Baltimore and has since lived in California, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Canada, and Ohio. She now lives with her family on Cape Cod. Wolf Hollowis her first novel for young people. Discover five of Lauren Wolk’s family’s favorite children...
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Wolf Hollow is a young adult novel written by Lauren Wolk, published by Dutton Children's Books in 2016. It is set in rural western Pennsylvania during the autumn of 1943 and describes how the protagonist, Annabelle "learned how to lie" and "that what I said and what I did mattered" in relation to two interlopers in her life: the bully Betty Glengarry, and the mysterious drifter Toby.
May 6, 2016 · “A wolf is not a dog and never will be . . . no matter how you raise it.” Of course you might call Toby a lone wolf as well. He doesn’t seek out the company of other people and, like a wolf, he’s shot down for looking like a threat. What Wolk manages to do is play with the reader’s desire for righteous justice.
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Wolf Hollow Summary. Annabelle's quiet life on her family farm in Wolf Hollow is disrupted when a new girl, Betty, comes to town. Annabelle McBride lives with her loving parents, grandparents, little brothers Henry and James, and her cantankerous Aunt Lily. She lives comfortably but is not rich. However, this doesn't stop Betty from bullying ...
The McBride family’s barn is a frequent motif throughout the novel and functions as a symbol of protection and refuge. Even before Annabelle hides Toby there, the barn is where members of the McBride family can go to be alone. It is where John naps after farm work, where kittens and hatchlings begin their lives, and where Annabelle longs to ...
