Wolf Hollow

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Toby was quiet and kept to himself. He walked all over the land in a long coat carrying rifles on his back. Toby served in World War I and came back a different man. Annabelle’s mom won a camera and a lifetime supply of film and developing. Toby asked to borrow the camera and it more-or-less became his and accompanied him in all of his travels. Toby lived in an old smokehouse just beyond the borders of Annabelle’s family’s farm. One fateful day, a new girl came to Wolf Hollow. Her name was Betty Glengarry and from the start, she was trouble. After bullying Annabelle out of a penny and catching her brother on the forehead with a wire strung across a trail, Betty threw a rock at Mr. Ansel and hit Ruth in the face. Ruth lost her eye and never returned to school and Betty blamed it all on Toby. Annabelle fiercely believed that Toby was not responsible and she was determined to prove his innocence.

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk was an amazing book of friendship and faith. I loved that Annabelle was so trusting of Toby. She had an instinct saying that he was innocent and desperately tried to convince the adults in her life the same. I also loved how trusting in Annabelle her parents were. They believed their daughter and supported her when Betty was being mean to her and when she told them Toby was innocent. Betty was a perfect example of how some children can cause so much misery and manipulate the adults around them. She was also a good example of how bad things can happen to people when they are mean and dishonest. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk was a good book that I would definitely recommend.

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