Wolf Mark

By Joseph Bruchac

Luke King, whose father is a black-ops infiltrator, uses the skills his father taught him to figure out his family’s paranormal secret and save his kidnapped father and his own friends.

Description

Luke King knows a lot of things. Like four different ways to disarm an enemy before the attacker can take a breath. Like every detail of every book he’s ever read. And Luke knows enough-just enough-about what his father does as a black ops infiltrator to know which questions not to ask. Like why does his family move around so much?

Luke just hopes that this time his family is settled for a while. He’ll finally be able to have a normal life. He’ll be able to ask the girl he likes to take a ride with him on his motorcycle. He’ll hang out with his friends. He’ll be invisible-just as he wants.

But when his dad goes missing, Luke realizes that life will always be different for him. Suddenly he must avoid the kidnappers looking to use him as leverage against his father, while at the same time evading the attention of the school’s mysterious elite clique of Russian hipsters, who seem much too interested in Luke’s own personal secret. Faced with multiple challenges and his emerging paranormal identity, Luke must decide who to trust as he creates his own destiny.

About the Creators

Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac, a citizen of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, is the author of more than 100 books for children and teens, including multiple picture books published by Lee & Low Books, and the young adult Killer of Enemies trilogy, which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. A Rockefeller Fellow and an NEA Poetry Writing Fellow, Bruchac has received numerous recognitions and awards over his long-standing career. In addition to writing, Bruchac is an editor at Greenfield Review Press, a literary publishing house he co-founded with his wife. He lives in Greenfield Center, New York. To find out more about him, visit josephbruchac.com.

Awards

  • Westchester Fiction Award

    Westchester Fiction Award Committee

Reviews

  • "[W]hen the action kicks in, it does so in overdrive. A solid entry into the paranormal market, with an appealingly different hero."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "Drawing on Native American traditions and his own lively imagination, Bruchac has written a genre-blending novel that combines horror, science fiction, and adventure into a satisfying whole. The fast pace will hold readers' attention to the end, which—yes—leaves the door open to the possibility of a sequel."

    - Booklist
  • "Bruchac has created a tense, readable novel. He combines Native American lore, supernatural elements, genetic engineering, romance, geopolitics, and adventure in one story."

    - School Library Journal
  • "A howling great read–equal parts smarts, action & heart."

    - Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize
  • "What a page turner from Joe Bruchac. It begins like a YA fantasy novel, and ends in a rush of science fiction, with a promise (fingers crossed from this reader at any rate) that there is a possible sequel. The book is endlessly inventive and rushes ahead till one is breathless with anxiety and hope."

    - Jane Yolen, author of The Devil's Arithmetic
  • "Bruchac delivers a fun twist on werewolf stories mixed with some mad science and espionage."

    - Publishers Weekly

Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781600606618
  • Publication Date Sep 15, 2011
  • Trim Size 8.25 × 5.5 in
  • Weight 1.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 392
  • Interests

  • Audience Young Adult
  • BISAC Category 1 YAF / People & Places / United States / Native American
  • BISAC Category 2 YAF / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
  • BISAC Category 3 YAF / Science Fiction / General
  • Themes Animals, Conflict resolution, Coping with Death, Cultural Diversity, Empathy / Compassion, Environment / Nature, Fathers, Fiction, Friendship, Heroism, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Indigenous / First Nations / Native American, Integrity / Honesty, Middle Grade, Mystery / Suspense, Overcoming Obstacles, Paranormal, Persistence / Grit, Responsibility, Self Control / Self Regulation, YA interest
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 12 - 17
  • Grade Range Grades 7 - 12
  • Guided Reading Z+
  • ATOS Book Level 15
  • DRA 80
  • Interest Level Grades 7 - 12
  • Lexile Level 810
  • Reading Level Grades 6 - 7
  • SRC 5.3
  • Bebop Reading Advanced
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