muddypuddle 's review for:

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
5.0

Well. This was an exceptionally heavy story, particularly for middle grade students of younger ages. That's not bad at all, though I think it might be a little tough for third or fourth graders until they're a little older - why force kids to grow up earlier than need be? It is an exceptionally well written story that will stay with me for a long, long while. More and more in my life I wonder why people enjoy being mean, why a bully becomes a bully, and how easy it is for some people to lie. Rural Pennsylvania in the after-World War II years is the perfect setting for this extraordinary story.