Wild Angel

Name: Wild Angel
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Pat Murphy
ISBN: 9781455107476

Author: Pat Murphy

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 11/04/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories

Synopsis

In the heart of the California gold country, threeyearold Sarah McKensie is orphaned by a stagecoach robber and adopted and nursed by a shewolf in this playful homage to the American tall tale. As she matures, Sarah learns to assist her pack by contributing human tools to the hunt and, eventually, interacting with human travelers. With her best friend and packsister Beka at her side, Sarah becomes a local legend: the Wild Angel of the Sierras, rescuer of imperiled travelers. Her altruism is motivated by curiosity and bafflement by the settlers' inability to perceive the world around them, as well as a passion for biscuits. A kaleidoscopic cast colors her adventures, including a brief cameo by Samuel Clemens and, of course, two hissworthy villains: one human, one lupine.

About Pat Murphy

Pat Murphy has won numerous awards for her science fiction and fantasy writing, including the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the World Fantasy Award. When not writing science fiction, she writes for the Exploratorium, San Francisco’s museum of science, art, and human perception. She lives in San Francisco.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on August 02, 2020

Found this book on Hoopla. Bernadette Dunne was the Narrator and she does an excellent job. I read a book a while back about a child raised by wild dogs and This isn’t a new concept but I throughly enjoyed it. No mystery about the book but just the concept of the child learning how to survive in the......more

Goodreads review by WolfLover on March 01, 2025

This is the story of Sarah, a girl adopted by wolves as a three-year-old after the murder of her parents. She lives wild for the most part, but does develop some language and tool-making skills after befriending a Native American girl. The perspectives of various other people are also given, such as......more

Goodreads review by Marsha on April 18, 2020

A woman is raised by wolves in the wilds of the 19th century California Sierra mountains.......more

Goodreads review by Dee on September 08, 2011

"Wild Angel" By Pat Murphy Tells the tale of a young girl who, after watching her parents gunned down at age three, is raised by wolves. I had a lot of fun reading this book! I found myself talking about it every day with my friends! I highly recommend this book! Its A fun enjoyable read!!!......more

Goodreads review by Cait on April 23, 2008

re-read 8/2008......more