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The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History Hardcover - 2001

by Jane Yolen; Heidi E. Stemple; Roger Roth (Illustrator)

The story of a real mystery from history: two girls brought to an orphanage in India by a missionary in 1920 were found in a wolf den. They didn't know how to speak and ate only raw meat. Were the girls abandoned by their parents and raised by animals, or did the missionary invent the wolf story to make money? No one has ever found out. Full-color illustrations.


Summary

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. Still others thought that the missionary who ran the orphanage made up the story about the girls. No one knows for sure.
Become a detective as you read this true story, study the clues, and try to figure out the fate of the wolf girls of Midnapore. The Unsolved Mystery from History series is written by acclaimed author Jane Yolen and former private investigator Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple. Read carefully and check your clues. You might be the first to solve a puzzle that has baffled people for years.

From the publisher

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. Still others thought that the missionary who ran the orphanage made up the story about the girls. No one knows for sure. Become a detective, study the clues, and see if you can help solve this chilling mystery from history!

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  • Title The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History
  • Author Jane Yolen; Heidi E. Stemple; Roger Roth (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date 2001-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780689810800 / 0689810806
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.8 x 9.56 x 0.69 in (27.43 x 24.28 x 1.75 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 5
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Library of Congress subjects India, Feral children
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99039435
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2001, Page 2007
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2002, Page 199
  • Ingram Children's Advance, 07/01/2001, Page 47
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 07/01/2001, Page 950
  • New York Times, 07/15/2001, Page 24
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/03/2001, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 09/03/2001, Page 89
  • School Library Journal, 08/01/2001, Page 174

About the author

Jane Yolen is an award-winning author who has written more than 380 books for children, including the bestseller How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? and the 1988 Caldecott Medal winner Owl Moon. She is known for her beautiful poetry, picture books, fairy tales, novels, and nonfiction, and has even been called "the Hans Christian Andersen of America" (Newsweek). She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Visit her at JaneYolen.com. Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple is the author of more than thirty books for children, some of which she coauthored with her mother, Jane Yolen, including Not All Princesses Dress in Pink. Heidi lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Roger Roth has been an illustrator since graduating with a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1980. Roger's work appears regularly in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and other publications. His work is also used by advertising companies for national and international campaigns. Roger has illustrated more than fifteen children's books (two of which he also wrote). He also serves as senior lecturer at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is a frequent presenter at area schools.
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