Summary
When Grace was three years old she was pulled from her backyard by a pack of wolves. Before being devoured she stares intently at a wolf with piercing yellow eyes. The yellow-eyed wolf then guards Grace from the rest of the pack and when they back off he takes her home. She shares an unexplainable bond with this wolf and always looks for him. He too watches her. At fifteen a wolf attacks a boy in her high school and townsmen gather to hunt it down. Scared they may hurt her wolf she tries to find him. Unsuccessful she trudges home only to find a wounded naked boy at her back porch. His name is Sam and his eyes are the same piercing yellow as her wolf’s eyes. In that instant she knows that this boy is her wolf. Grace soon finds herself romantically involved with Sam, but struggling to keep Sam human and the secrets of the pack could change her involvement with Sam forever.
Review
This novel is reminiscent to Romeo and Juliet as well as contemporary favorite Twilight. Stiefvator's well-written story involves an unconventional love affair that will entice tweens and teens. There is also a wonderful weaving of mythology surrounding the wolves. The novel is suspenseful, thrilling, and heartbreaking with intelligent and resourceful characters.
Grades: 5-12
Stiefvator, M. (2009). Shiver. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.
ISBN: 978-0545123266 Cover art link: urbansophistication
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