THE WOLF GIRLS Written with Jane Yolen Illustrated by Roger Roth Simon & Schuster 2001 ISBN# 689810806 S&S hardcover

This book, about two feral children found in India in the 1920s and brought to an orphanage, is the second in a series of real-life mysteries for kids. The first, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste, has been well received. This series, though difficult since they involve a huge amount of research, is so much fun to work on. While some stories my mother and I collaborate on are written by passing them back and forth on the internet, the Unsolved Mysteries from History series we have to do in one place. Which will be much easier since as of June 2002 we are living in the same state (in the same house, to be exact) for the first time in 18 years. My mother does the typing while I work with the research spread around me. Luckily, we work very well together--I even win some arguments! The third book in this series is about The Lost Colony of Roanoke; we have just finished another round of editing and the illustrations look FABULOUS! It will be coming out a soon. The fourth, about the Salem Witch Trials is being illustrated as we speak. We are about to begin research for number five--Amelia Earhart.

See what Jane Yolen has to say about this book.

       Available in hardcover.

For more information on feral children see the feral children web site.

              
What reviewers have said:

"Tasty fodder for emerging detectives." -- School Library Journal

"(T)he subject is fascinating, one with immediate kid appeal.".-- Booklist

"The Wolf Girls is a lively detective story, a well-told "mystery from history" that encourages young readers to come up with their own solutions." -- New York Times

"... accessible and fascinating, and fans of unsolved mysteries will enjoy turning back and forth through the pages of this one." -- Kirkus
   
   

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