Wolven
Di Toft
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UK Price: £5.99
Format: Paperback
Age: 10+
Size: 198x129mm
Extent: 304pp
ISBN: 978-1-905294-90-9
Publication date: July 2009
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Nat longs for a dog - but the dirty, ungainly farm creature finally found by his grandfather hardly fits his image of the perfect pet.

But it’s only when his dog starts to grow human ears that he realises something is seriously wrong.

The truth is stranger than his wildest dreams - the boy who appears is a shape-shifting werewolf in reverse.Woody is one of a noble breed of 'Wolven' driven into hiding centuries before only to be rediscovered by evil government scientists who intend to breed werewolves as weapons.

Can Nat and Woody save the day? 

Fast, funny and accessible this is the first of a brilliant and hugely commercial series from debut author Di Toft.

Shortlisted for the Leeds Books Award 2010
'Werewolves, ancient legend and mad scientists ... everything I'd have loved when I was a 10-year-old boy!'
Waterstones Books Quarterly
' ... an arrestingly packaged, amusing and scary tale ... engaging and readable ... '
Books For Keeps
'Wolven is a gripping adventure. Warmly recommended.'
Glasgow Herald
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2010

‘Woody?’ croaked Nat; the spit he needed to talk with had almost dried up. ‘Come on, boy.’ There was a shuffling noise, like cloth being dragged, but what came out of the shadows was nothing like a dog. Nat’s mouth dried up completely. 

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"The idea from WOLVEN grew from my fascination of shape-shifting beings and, bizarrely, my dog, Dave. I wanted to write something that scared me and made me laugh – rather like the books I enjoyed as I grew up. The idea to create a legendary creature that was born and not ‘made’ – quite different from werewolves or vampires – came mainly from my dog. Dave was the perfect model for how I imagined Woody to look – enormous, gangly, but sometimes, with that certain look in his eye, strangely human! I had a fantastic time writing Wolven, I loved the way Nat and Woody's friendship blossomed (after a very hairy start) and had a blast dreaming up all their adventures, especially the ones when they were up against the evil (and smelly) Lucas Scale."

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