A Wolf Called Fire: A Voice of the Wilderness Novel

Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7

The stand-alone companion to Rosanne Parry’s New York Times bestseller A Wolf Called Wander tells the wilderness survival story of the wolf pup known as Warm and is illustrated in black and white throughout. This Voice of the Wilderness Novel features extensive backmatter, including a map.

Warm is the smallest pup, the one his father calls the heart of the pack. But all Warm sees is his bigger brothers Sharp and Swift, even his sisters Pounce and Wag, winning all the wrestling matches. Fortunately, with a little help from wise and experienced pup watcher Growl, Warm begins to understand the vital role an omega wolf (the lowest rank in the pack) plays—in its way equally as important as the alpha.

Just as Warm is finding his place, enemy wolves come to destroy and scatter the pack. Warm helps lead the pups away from the fight, only to find himself alone with four pups to defend and feed. Can he be both the heart and the head of a new pack? Does he have to choose the aggressive leadership style of his father and brothers? Or is there another way?

Warm hopes the answer will lie in finding his favorite brother, Swift, and asking him to lead the pups. When Warm’s mission ends in failure and injury, he falls into despair. But the pups he has so carefully trained in stealth and survival heroically find him, bringing him a glimmer of hope for the future. The enemy pack soon comes to hunt them down, and Warm must find the warrior in his own heart. With four reckless but true-hearted pups at his side, and an unexpected ally in the enemy pack, how can he fail to earn his alpha name, Fire?

A Wolf Called Fire is a stand-alone companion novel to A Wolf Called Wander. It’s inspired by Wolf 8, a real Yellowstone wolf who was the smallest of his pack and constantly bullied by his bigger brothers. Wolf 8 survived a tumultuous first year and grew up to be a different sort of leader—one who fought many rival wolves to submission but never killed one. He had a rare talent for mentoring young wolves and became the patriarch of the largest and most successful pack in Yellowstone by choosing a more collaborative and generous leadership style.

Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout and extensive backmatter.

About the Author

Rosanne Parry is the author of the bestselling novels A Wolf Called Wander, A Whale of the Wild, and A Horse Named Sky as well as The Wolf Effect, a picture book illustrated by Jennifer Thermes. These “Voice of the Wilderness” stories center the voices of wild animals and focus on their struggle to survive in a dangerous and changing world. Based on rigorous research and inspired by the real animals of the western United States, Rosanne’s books are treasured by teachers and librarians and adored by animal-loving readers of all ages. The author lives with her family in Portland, Oregon, and writes in a treehouse in her backyard. Mónica Armiño is an illustrator, character designer, and background artist. She is the illustrator of Rosanne Parry’s animal adventure novels A Wolf Called Wander and A Wolf Called Fire. The artist lives in Madrid, Spain.