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	title:	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox Classics)
	author:	Joan Aiken
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Red Fox
	released:	April 5, 2001
	isbn:	0099411865
	isbn-13:	9780099411864

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Book Details / Review - supplied by Amazon UK
It's 19th-century England during the reign of King James II, but it's not the England we know from the history books. This country is overrun with wolves that roam the forests, providing the perfect setting for a witty and dramatic story spanning the whole country, from the frozen North to the city of London, and peopled with all manner of evil governesses and ancient aunts. Filled with brilliantly-drawn Dickensian characters, it would make an excellent choice for strong preteen readers who like an old-fashioned story with a strong plot and good characterisation. This book often appears on lists of best-loved children's books. (Ages 10 to 12) EN

Book Details / Review - supplied by Amazon UK

It's 19th-century England during the reign of King James II, but it's not the England we know from the history books. This country is overrun with wolves that roam the forests, providing the perfect setting for a witty and dramatic story spanning the whole country, from the frozen North to the city of London, and peopled with all manner of evil governesses and ancient aunts.

Filled with brilliantly-drawn Dickensian characters, it would make an excellent choice for strong preteen readers who like an old-fashioned story with a strong plot and good characterisation. This book often appears on lists of best-loved children's books. (Ages 10 to 12) EN

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Customer Reviews
Exciting book - Rated This is the best book I have read.I really enjoyed it and couldn't stop reading it. I think it is an excellent story. Eliana age 9 Brilliant book... - Rated I think I was aged 9 or 10 when I first read this book. Having always been a fan of the adventure story (my bookshelves were somewhat Enid Blyton dominated), I enjoyed this book enormously, and have re-read it on a regular basis since then. Joan Aiken is a wonderfully imaginative author and her descriptions and characterisations engage the reader straight away. You really feel for Bonnie Green and her cousin Sylvia as they are left with the governess Miss Slighcarp, who turns out to be a plotter after the estates of Bonnie's wealthy father. The adventures that ensue are exciting and at times suspenseful, and Joan Aiken holds your interest throughout. This book is the first in the James III sequence, which now consists of some 12 books. They are set in an alternative period of English history when James II remained on the throne to be followed by James III and where it is the Hanoverians rather than the Jacobites who plot against the throne. The cast of characters who develop throughout this series are wonderful creations who have extremely interesting adventures. I would recommend this series of novels to everyone, but particularly children aged 8 and upwards, or parents looking for books to read to their children. Wonderful! - Rated I just adore this book I think the measure of a good book is one that always sticks in your mind - considering I haven't read this book for at least ten years, you can tell how good it is. I shall soon be introducing it to my eight year old cousin. one of the finest... - Rated 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase' is one of the finest fantasies for children ever written. It is a timeless classic and an imaginative tour de force that has rarely been equalled. On a recent re-reading, I was struck again by the books freshness and originality. The first, but not the best - Rated This, the first book in the Wolves of Willoughby Chase sequence, is better than most children's stories and will be read with great enjoyment by adults and children alike. However, it is worth saying that, good as it is, it's not the best of the series by a long chalk. The two girl characters aren't terrific (Bonnie's a pain in the neck), and they don't come up again. It's not till we get to the second book, in which Dido Twite, one of the greatest characters in English fiction, makes her entrance, that the whole thing takes off on wings of gossamer. It's as though Dido did something extraordinary for Joan Aikens's imagination, sending it into the most remarkable ways and byways. This first volume has to be read to get readers into the overall atmosphere of this take on the early 19th century.

Customer Reviews

Exciting book - Rated 5/5
This is the best book I have read.I really enjoyed it and couldn't stop reading it. I think it is an excellent story.

Eliana age 9

Brilliant book... - Rated 5/5
I think I was aged 9 or 10 when I first read this book. Having always been a fan of the adventure story (my bookshelves were somewhat Enid Blyton dominated), I enjoyed this book enormously, and have re-read it on a regular basis since then. Joan Aiken is a wonderfully imaginative author and her descriptions and characterisations engage the reader straight away. You really feel for Bonnie Green and her cousin Sylvia as they are left with the governess Miss Slighcarp, who turns out to be a plotter after the estates of Bonnie's wealthy father. The adventures that ensue are exciting and at times suspenseful, and Joan Aiken holds your interest throughout.
This book is the first in the James III sequence, which now consists of some 12 books. They are set in an alternative period of English history when James II remained on the throne to be followed by James III and where it is the Hanoverians rather than the Jacobites who plot against the throne. The cast of characters who develop throughout this series are wonderful creations who have extremely interesting adventures.
I would recommend this series of novels to everyone, but particularly children aged 8 and upwards, or parents looking for books to read to their children.

Wonderful! - Rated 5/5
I just adore this book I think the measure of a good book is one that always sticks in your mind - considering I haven't read this book for at least ten years, you can tell how good it is. I shall soon be introducing it to my eight year old cousin.

one of the finest... - Rated 5/5
'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase' is one of the finest fantasies for children ever written. It is a timeless classic and an imaginative tour de force that has rarely been equalled. On a recent re-reading, I was struck again by the books freshness and originality.

The first, but not the best - Rated 4/5
This, the first book in the Wolves of Willoughby Chase sequence, is better than most children's stories and will be read with great enjoyment by adults and children alike. However, it is worth saying that, good as it is, it's not the best of the series by a long chalk. The two girl characters aren't terrific (Bonnie's a pain in the neck), and they don't come up again. It's not till we get to the second book, in which Dido Twite, one of the greatest characters in English fiction, makes her entrance, that the whole thing takes off on wings of gossamer. It's as though Dido did something extraordinary for Joan Aikens's imagination, sending it into the most remarkable ways and byways. This first volume has to be read to get readers into the overall atmosphere of this take on the early 19th century.