A Wolf Called Wander

A Wolf Called Wander

• Genre: Fiction; middle grade adventure
• Originally Published: 2019
• Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 670L; grades 3-7
• Structure/Length: 20 chapters, plus reference material; approx. 256 pages; approx. 3 hours, 54 minutes on audio
• Protagonist/Central Conflict: A young wolf cub named Swift lives in the mountains with his pack. When a rival pack attacks, Swift and his family scatter. He travels 1,000 miles across the Pacific Northwest looking for a new home, encountering hunters, highways, hunger, and peril, inspired by the true story of wolf OR-7.
• Potential Sensitivity Issues: Hunting and eating prey; hunters killing animals; animals killing animals

Rosanne Parry, Author

• Bio: Grew up in Oregon; was a summer camp counselor at Camp Howard; plays the violin and knows how to juggle; bookseller at Annie Blooms Books; writes her books in a treehouse in the backyard of her 100-year-old farmhouse
• Other Works: Heart of a Shepherd (2009); Written in Stone (2013); A Whale of the Wild (2020); A Horse Named Sky (2023)
• Awards: Junior Library Guild Best Books list (2019); Oregon Book Award finalist (2020); German Lovely Book Prize nominee (2020)

CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Guide:

• Identity Within the Context of the Family
• Identity Within the Context of the Natural World
• The Coming-of-Age Narrative

STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Teaching Guide, students will: