Summer of the Wolves: Carlson-Voiles, Polly: 9780547745916

Nika's Wolves is a heartwarming and captivating middle-grade novel that follows the journey of an orphaned twelve-year-old girl named Nika and her seven-year-old brother Randall as they visit their long-lost uncle in the wilderness lake country of Northern Minnesota.

With vivid details about wolf behavior and a deep sense of interconnectedness with nature, this book illuminates the intricacies of family while searching for the fine balance between caring for wild animals and leaving them alone.

Nika's emotional turmoil and moral dilemmas are rendered with gentle and compassionate strokes, making this a little gem of a book for all wild-hearted lovers of the natural world.