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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.
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.
Summary
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!
