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Wolves, Boys And Other Things That Might Kill Me (2010)

by Kristen Chandler(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0670011428 (ISBN13: 9780670011421)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Viking Juvenile

review 1: K.J. Carson is drifting through life. Her mom was killed in a car crash when she was three and her father, a lawyer, switched careers, possibly in response to his loss. He's a fishing and hunting guide in West End, Montana, a town bordering Yellowstone National Park and runs a sporting goods store to help make ends meet during the slow times. He expects K.J. To help out, both in the store and as a grunt on wildlife viewing and fishing trips. He's on her case most of the time and he's unable to show her much affection or emotional support There are 948 people in town, everyone knows everyone else and most of their business. K.J. has friends, but doesn't feel like she really fits in. When a new boy named Virgil appears on the opening day of school in the fall, she notices a... more couple of things about him. He has an accent she can't place and he's really good looking. When the two of them are paired on the school newspaper staff, they begin to hit it off. Virgil and his mother have come from Minnesota to study the wolf packs that have grown as a result of reintroduction of the species in the park. Virgil takes amazing photos, K.J. writes a column to accompany them. They think their effort is pretty innocuous until all hell breaks loose when ranchers and hunters begin blaming the wolves for the drop in the elk population and livestock lost on nearby ranches. All K.J. and Virgil want is to complete their assignments, get to know each other and do some wolf watching with his mother, but the issue of whether the wolves are causing major problems takes on a life of its own and before the teens know it, they're at the center of a raging controversy that threatens to tear the town apart. By the time the story concludes, there have been fires set, a person shot and a couple young people almost drown. Virgil and K.J. have to get very creative, not to mention brave in order to survive and keep a relationship alive that both of them realize is pretty special. This book was given to me by a friend whose daughter bought it and passed it on to her. I started reading it and couldn't stop. It's a great book about growing up when the people who should be guiding you have abdicated their responsibility. It also is a neat love story intertwined with an important environmental issue. The author does a dandy job of letting characters on both sides of the issue bring their opinions to life without getting preachy or showing bias. Teens who like stories with real life issues, drama and a neat teen romance will certainly like this book.
review 2: I REALLY enjoyed this book. First of all, it takes place in a "fictional" town near Yellowstone that's totally actually West Yellowstone, which I called home for three summers. So I like that. I loved the main character, and felt like her experiences were genuine and relatable. I don't really know what else to say about this book...good, and well-structured, and true. This was one I procrastinated a lot of things to keep reading. less

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