Publisher's Synopsis
A stunningly atmospheric story for young readers from the award-winning author of The Sound of Whales.
'Thomson's ambitious plot, tight, poetic prose and feel for history is a breath of island air.' THE TIMES on THE SOUND OF WHALES
Innis Munro is walking home across the bleak wilderness of Nin Island when he hears the chilling howl of a wolf.
But there are no wolves on the island - not since they were hunted to extinction, centuries ago.
He decides to investigate his island home and accepts an ancient challenge: he who jumps the Bonnie Laddie's Leap wins a fortune.
As the wolves rise from the darkness of history, and long-buried secrets resurface, Innis's adventure truly begins ...
- The second novel by 2014 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition winner Kerr Thomson, whose debut The Sound of Whales was Waterstones' Scottish Children's Book of the Month
- A classic, atmospheric adventure set on an enchantingly remote Scottish island
- Themes of conservation and nature nestle inside a tale of friendship, bravery and determination
