Mist

By Marta Palazzesi
Translated by Christopher Turner

$16.99
160 pages • Jacketed Hardcover • Ages 9–12 • 5.75” x 8.25" • ISBN:978-1-63655-069-5

“In Marta Palazzesi’s spellbinding U.S. debut, readers will discover both a riveting adventure story and a fascinating historical novel. But at its heart, Mist is about the indelible bond between two remarkably resilient creatures—one boy, one wolf. A not-to-be missed tale of courage and compassion.” 

–Katherine Applegate, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal winner for The One and Only Ivan.

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The incredible story of a boy's quest to give the ultimate gift to a caged wild animal: freedom. London, 1880, 13-year-old Clay is a mud lark, scavenging on the banks of the Thames for anything he might sell for money to buy food. One day Clay goes to the camp of the circus that has newly arrived in town and meets Ollie, a girl about his age, who lives with the circus. She brings him to the cage of "the last wolf in England". Mist, as he calls it, is fierce, angry, and indomitable, perhaps due to the cruel treatment of its tamers, which Clay secretly witnesses. From that moment on, Clay becomes determined to give the wolf its freedom and return it to the wild. But first he must build trust with the wolf and, with Ollie's help, find a way to release Mist back into the wild. This suspenseful novel will have readers rooting for Clay and Mist through all the obstacles that lay in their path.