National Bestseller, Indigenous YA Fiction * Moonbeam Children's Book Award - Silver Medal * Silver Birch Award - Shortlisted * MYRCA Award - Shortlisted * Chosen for Toronto Public Library's 2015 Great Reads for Kids collection

Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory.

In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find?

"With Red Wolf, Jennifer Dance has come howling out of the wilderness ... and I'm deeply impressed." - Joseph Boyden, Giller Prize-winning author

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Silver Birch category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards. It was recognised by the Myrca Award. It also was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. It was recognised by the Moonbeam Children's Book Award.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Dundurn Group Ltd .

Jennifer Dance was born in England and graduated from the University of the West Indies with a B. Sc. in Agriculture and Animal Science. She immigrated to Canada in 1979 and still lives in Stouffville, Ontario. With family in the Native community, she has a passion for equality and justice for all people.