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The Wolf Girls

An Unsolved Mystery from History

The Wolf Girls( )
Author: Yolen, Jane
Stemple, Heidi E. Y.
Illustrator: Roth, Roger
Roth, Roger
Series title:An Unsolved Mystery from History Ser.
ISBN:978-0-689-81080-0
Publication Date:Aug 2001
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $19.99
Book Description:

In this eerie book from the nonfiction An Unsolved Mystery from History picture book series, travel to an Indian orphanage where two new arrivals are so wild that some claim they were raised by wolves. In 1920 a missionary brought two young girls to an orphanage in India. The girls didn't know how to talk, walk, or eat from a plate. Some people thought the girls had been abandoned by their parents. Some people said the girls were brought up by wolves in the wild....
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Biology
Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / Colors
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.25 x 10.5 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:1 Pounds
Author Biography
Yolen, Jane (Author)
Jane Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1976. After college, she became an editor in New York City and wrote during her lunch break. She sold her first children's book, Pirates in Petticoats, at the age of 22. Since then, she has written over 300 books for children, young adults, and adults.

Her other works include the Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic. She has won numerous awards including the Kerlan Award, the Regina Medal, the Keene State Children's Literature Award, the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.

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