Broach, Elise. The Wolf Keepers. Macmillan/Henry Holt 2016 343p $16.99
ISBN 978-0-8050-9899-0 ms/jr Mystery/Detective VG-BN
Lizzie loves growing up in
the zoo where her father, Mike, is head zookeeper. She has direct access to all
of the animals and the enclosures. She is especially focused on the wolves. She
finds them entrancing, and she spends many an hour sitting by their enclosure
just watching them. Her favorite is Lobo, the most majestic.
Tyler, a runaway, hides at
the zoo and tries to steal food to survive. Lizzie befriends him and offers him
food and a place to stay. Together they discover that wolves are getting sick
and missing. Events more or less lead them to tracking the culprit. They also
find that they are on their way to solving the mysterious legend of the
location of John Muir’s cabin.
The author has packed a
wealth of problems and situations into this novel. The characters are well
developed and situations are effectively handled, such as Tyler’s runaway
status.
Summary: Lizzie Durango
lives in a California wildlife park named after John Muir. When wolves start
disappearing she starts to investigate. She makes friends with Tyler Briggs as
they try to solve the disappearance and uncover the mysterious location of John
Muir’s cabin.
Wolves-Fiction —Linda
McNeil
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