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Product Identifiers

PublisherCandlewick Press

ISBN-101536207128

ISBN-139781536207125

eBay Product ID (ePID)8038379883

Product Key Features

Book TitleNever Tell

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy & Magic, Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic, Animals / Wolves & Coyotes

Publication Year2020

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorKatharine Orton

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2020-902274

ReviewsCai's scratchy, flowing chapter heads enhance the fantastical atmosphere. A subtle, haunting debut. --Kirkus Reviews Readers will glimpse the harsh reality of life in Soviet prison camps and root for Lina on her journey of self-discovery, as she finds the inner strength to survive a variety of dangers. The magical adventure is brought to life through lush details and vivid imaginings of ghostly wolves as they stalk through the woods after Lina and Bogdan. A strong choice for anyone who loves adventure, history, coming-of-age tales, magical journeys, or fairy tales. --Booklist Online An intriguing first novel with equal parts adventure and magic; an additional purchase. --School Library Journal Twelve-year-old Lina was born in her Siberian labor camp and knows nothing of the outside world...readers looking for a seasonal book with Russian folklore may find this rewarding. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Cai's scratchy, flowing chapter heads enhance the fantastical atmosphere. A subtle, haunting debut. --Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromFourth Grade

Dewey DecimalF

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisAfter escaping a Soviet prison camp, Lina is pursued by a powerful witch and her shadow wolves in a riveting debut that imbues frozen wilderness with fairy-tale magic. All that twelve-year-old Lina knows of the world is the Stalinist labor camp where she was born, a place of hunger, cruelty, and deprivation. After a daring escape into the frigid Siberian wilds with her best friend, Bogdan, Lina vows to reach Moscow and find her long-lost grandmother, whom she hopes will help her return to the camp to rescue her mother. But out in the dark forests and haunted tundras, Lina and Bogdan catch the eye of a vengeful witch, a refugee of oppressive new laws about magic, who commands an army of shadow wolves. She seems drawn to some mysterious power within Lina herself. Pursued by the witch and in fear of recapture, Lina will need every ounce of courage she has -- and a whisper of her own magic -- if she and Bogdan are to survive the journey and bring hope to a dark place. An enthralling debut that weaves Russian fairy tales through fast-paced adventure.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.O793Ne 2020