Wolf Hollow [Paperback]

A 2017 Newbery Honor Book
New York TimesBestseller

A young girl's kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying. 

★ An NPR Best Book of the Year
★ ABooklistBest Book of the Year
★ AnEntertainment WeeklyBest Middle Grade Book of the Year
★ A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
★ AShelf AwarenessBest Book of the Year
★ A School Library JournalBest Book of the Year
★ AWall Street JournalBest Children's Book of the Year
★ An ALA Notable Children's Book 

“This exquisite debutconfronts injustice and doesn’t flinch.” —People

“[A] powerful debut . . .beautifully written.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Wrenching and true. . . . comparisons to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will abound. But Wolk gives us her own story—one full of grace and stark, brutal beauty.” —The New York Times Book Review

“When reviewers draw a parallel between Mockingbird and Lauren Wolk's Wolf Hollow, they are being neither hyperbolic, nor lazy. They are merely doing justice to Wolk'sbeautiful story.” — NPR, Best Books of 2016

Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becomes a target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby’s strangeness, Annabelle knows only kindness. ShelÛ