Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763626440)

Two loners in a country town find cause for hope when one of them encounters a long-lost animal in this taut, shimmering tale by Sonya Hartnett about daring to live a life beyond expectations.

Ever since Dad went off the deep end and decided he didn't need to work anymore -- insisting the Lord would provide -- Satchel O'Rye has felt stuck for life in his dying country town. A high school dropout drifting from one small carpentry job to the next, Satchel can see nothing beyond his own dreary duty to help keep the family afloat. But things start to change when he spies a strange doglike animal at a nearby mountain -- and mentions the fact to Chelsea Piper, an awkward young woman considered the local pariah. Could the animal he saw be a Tasmanian tiger, a marsupial thought to be extinct? And if they found it again, could it give them both a new chance at life?

From the brilliant author of Thursday's Child and What the Birds See comes a mesmerizing tale of a young man fighting his future, a young woman fighting her past, and a mysterious creature who teaches them something about survival.

Author: Sonya Hartnett
ISBN-10: 0763626449
ISBN-13: 9780763626440
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2005
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.42w x 0.83d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.6
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 85480 / Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2005 pg. 130
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 334 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Ingram Children's Advance 01/01/2005 pg. 63
Kirkus Review - Children 01/01/2005 pg. 52
Publishers Weekly 01/10/2005 pg. 57
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2005 pg. 294
Booklist 03/01/2005 pg. 1181
School Library Journal 03/01/2005 pg. 212
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2006 pg. 8