THE CHILDREN AND THE WOLVES will forever have an effect on you and your heart. This novel is tough, difficult, and disturbing yet still compulsively page-turning. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Rapp paints a bleak and deeply disturbing portrait of the soullessness of contemporary adolescence, from the casual racism that pervades the book’s language to its obsessive attention to the grotesque and visceral. Rapp captures a world that might just be right down the street. In a world where parents do leave their children to the wolves, and where television, the mall, video games, and drugs are more seductive than anything school has to offer, such deeds don't seem so unthinkable. Adam Rapp is an amazing writer Reviewed in the United States on MaThis book is written perfectly. Rapp creates distinct voices for the four characters, and, as off-putting as the subject is, the tale has a frenzied power. Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam Rapp Write a review How customer reviews and ratings work Sort by Top reviews Filter by All reviewers All stars Text, image, video 26 total ratings, 13 with reviews From the United States Christine. Give this one to mature fans of books like Joanne Harris’s Blueeyedboy and Sapphire’s Push. The raw and edgy story line and language have a powerful impact, and the novel will deservedly find an appreciative audience. The author continues to push the boundaries of fiction for teens by providing an unrelentingly real and intensely powerful voice for the disenfranchised youth who dangle on society's edge, forgotten until they commit random acts of violence because they have been shown no other way. Rapp's poetic use of language makes for a brutally beautiful read. Still, be warned: this is his most hellish - and hellishly readable - vision yet.he's also creating, book by book, a vital library of the furies and hopes of a forgotten underclass, and always in their own confused, desperate, and endlessly resourceful voices.few YA authors are so consistently lauded.
Readers should know the kind of grueling, soulful, gut-punching work to expect from Rapp.
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