'Compelling debut. Introduces a significant new voice--has something of the shock effect of Piers Torday's There May Be a Castle and the raw force of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls.' SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK.'An astonishing exploration of grief and love and wildness.' Hilary McKay. A tale of loss that is also a gripping thriller, a realistic study of grief that skirts the margins of fantasy, it walks wolf-like between worlds and genres. Richard Lambert writes with a poet's eye; he has created something magical here. The storytelling is as bold, sinewy and uncompromising as the beast that shadows Lucas in the mountains above his home. This is a wonderful read and the advent of an exciting new voice in children's fiction. JONATHAN STROUD; A stunning, special debut about love and loss and how the wildness can save us. CHELSEY FLOOD; A smart chilling page-turner that kept me guessing right up to the end. HAYLEY LONG An insightful novel about bereavement, but also about what growing up might involve in a world that actually needs wolves. The Wolf Road is exciting, necessary reading. MONIZA ALVI; Moving, menacing, written with cinematic clarity .ANDREW COWAN

About the Author
Richard Lambert writes poetry and fiction. His second poetry collection The Nameless Places was published by Arc in 2017, and his poems have appeared in The Spectator, the TLS, and The Forward Anthology. He is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at UEA. His short story 'The Hazel Twig and the Olive Tree' was shortlisted for the prestigious Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. In 2019 he won the Fish Short Story Prize.

Reviews
TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF 2020. 'Masterly, phenomenally poised.'. Financial Times. 'A writer to watch, Lambert's award-winning poetic pedigree stands out in the sparse, gut-punch power of his language.' Guardian. 'One of the most stunning books I've read in years.An astonishing exploration of grief and love and wildness.' Hilary McKay. 'A passionately told story of loss, pain, growing up and adventure to haunt any reader's imagination. Michele Roberts 'A tale of loss that is also a gripping thriller. Bold, sinewy and uncompromising.'JONATHAN STROUD 'A stunning, special debut about love and loss and how the wildness can save us.'CHELSEY FLOOD 'A smart chilling page-turner that kept me guessing right up to the end.'HAYLEY LONG 'Moving, menacing, written with cinematic clarity.' ANDREW COWAN 'A sharp, hard, modern story of a young man's losses and loves.' MARK COCKER 'This is an insightful novel about bereavement, but also about what growing up might involve in a world that actually needs wolves.' MONIZA ALVI


Awards
Winner of MAL PEET 2021. Runner-up for Carnegie 2022.



Book Information
ISBN 9781911427162
Author Richard Lambert
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Everything with Words
Publisher Everything with Words
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 12mm