The powerful novel from award-winning Australian writer Katrina Nannestad.

Shortlisted in the 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Winner of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards. Longlisted in the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards.

Sometimes it's good to be wild.

Sometimes you have to be wild.

When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother and sister safe.

But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad things. Dangerous things. Wild things.

Sometimes to survive, you must become a wolf.

Bestselling author Katrina Nannestad returns with her most masterful novel yet -- a book to crack open your heart, a book to light you up inside, a book to love.

AWARDS

• Winner - ABDA Best Designed Children's Fiction Book 2021
• Winner - Book Links Award for Children's Historical Fiction 2021
• Winner - ARA Historical Novel Prize 2021 (Children's and Young Adult Category)
• Winner - Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2022 (Children's Literature Award)
• Winner - Koala Awards 2022 (Fiction for Readers 7-9)
• Shortlisted - CBCA Book of the Year Award (Younger Readers) 2021
• Shortlisted - Queensland Literary Awards 2021 (Children's Book Award)
• Shortlisted - Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2021 (Children's Literature Award)
• Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards 2022
• Longlisted - ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children 2021