The Wolves of the Beyond: Lone Wolf

Author: Kathryn Lasky

A wolf pup is born. A malcadh, wolf language for cursed one. The rules must be obeyed. The parents of the malcadh are to be cast out of the clan forever, they are to join new seperate clans and start a new life. The malcadh is to be taken by the "Obea" to it's tummfraw to die. But the pup does not die. It is swept down the river where it gets snagged on the foot of a great grizzly bear. The bear ends up adopting the pup and the pup gets to know the grizzly as Thunderheart. Thunderheart names the pup Faolan. Fao means river as well as wolf and Lan means gift. Faolan survives. But Faolan learns that he must join a clan. Then he is mistaken for a wolf with the foaming mouth disease. Any wolf with this disease must be killed immediately. Can Faolan survive? And what will life be like when he joins a clan?

I often get mixed up with all the wolf words for this and that but I still like the way the wolves and bears have all of their names for everything.

The Cloud Road

Author: Isobelle Carmody


Brothers Zluty and Bily, along with the Monster and Redwing travel across the desert in search of a new home. The group travel to the end of the desert where they find the cloud mountains. There they meet the diggers, which are quite different to the diggers that Zluty and Bily found at their old home. Then the brothers are told of the evil Monks and the story of the Makers and the Listeners. But Zluty is then taken hostage by the Monks who will turn his head into into metal. Can Bily save his brother?

I really like the story of all of the Makers and the Listeners and whatnot. I also like how Zluty and Bily learn about all of these new things, like blizzards, although the brothers learn what they really are at the end of the book. I can't wait until Book 3: The Velvet City comes out!