A Walk in Wolf Wood

by Mary Stewart

Paperback, 1982

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Stewart

Genres

Fantasy

All Topics

Fiction

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Publication

Fawcett (1982), Mass Market Paperback, 192 pages

Description

When a weeping man in a strange costume passes their picnic spot and disappears into the nearby woods, a brother and sister decide to follow him and soon find themselves involved in the rescue of a werewolf in the 14th century.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Herenya

John and Margaret are on holiday with their parents in Germany. The two of them go for a walk along a forest path, following after a weeping man who was curiously-dressed, and find themselves back in the middle ages. The man has been separated from his oldest and dearest friend by an evil spell,

and he asks the children to help him.

This was a nice little atmospheric story to read on a rainy afternoon, but I’m a bit disappointed I didn’t read it when I was a child. Then I would have loved the whole children travelling back in time aspect. Now I found myself less interested in the children -- although I did appreciate their moments of approaching their unexpected adventure sensibly, and it’s not their fault that they’re overshadowed by the much more interesting medieval characters. Some of whom I wanted to see more of. (Maybe I should just reread Stewart’s Merlin trilogy? I haven’t ever reread it, even though I’ve reread most of Stewart’s other books.)

Anyway, this was more satisfying than The Little Broomstick was, and I’m pleased I finally got to read it.

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LibraryThing member Nikkles

I really loved this book when I first read it as a child. Because of that it will always be special to me. I highly recommend it for young adults who love fantasy.

LibraryThing member EowynA

A werewolf in the Black Forest and two children who walk into an ancient time, in a Young Adult book written by a master story teller. This is a rather minor work of hers. The style feels old-fashioned, with the whiff of condescension I would have expected from a juvie written in the early 20th

century, rather than in 1980. I came across it while cataloging, but had never read it -- so I did. On the other hand, I didn't know Mary Stewart had ever written anything on lycanthropy.

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LibraryThing member bridgetmarkwood

A little reminiscent of the Chronicle of Narnia, I found this book to be delightful, filled with just enough adventure and magic to make this a fun read for children and adults alike. It is a nice tale about the unbreakable bonds of true friendship.

LibraryThing member kdcdavis

While I liked the premise of this book (brother and sister go back in time to a medieval forest and help a werewolf regain his place as the duke's best friend and counsellor), the details were careless and the plot somewhat dull. There were too many things that didn't make sense or existed only to

stretch the story into a novella. Mary Stewart charmed and surprised me with The Hollow Hills and The Crystal Cave, but the other books of hers that I've read have been disappointingly tame and predictable. She has good ideas but doesn't fulfill them satisfyingly. Even so, this was a quick and diverting read, and children who enjoy fantasy might like it.

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LibraryThing member tm_roy

I think this is the only werewolf book I ever read, and likely ever to read. :) I was so surprised to see Mary Stewart wrote a YA book. Set in Germany, it is also a time travel, and whisks a brother and sister into a medieval adventure and many dangers. I found this book in a thrift shop and was

very lucky indeed. If you can find it, highly recommended.

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LibraryThing member JackMassa

I don't usually read YA books, but seeing Mary Stewart's name drew my attention. A quick and easy read and, I thought, a cut above most of the YA fantasy I've read.

LibraryThing member DzejnCrvena

This is the first novel I ever read.
In 2006, our English teacher suggested that we should learn English by reading, uh, pocketbooks.
Good thing a classmate lend me this.
I tried to find the title of this book since I joined Goodreads in college a decade ago.
I'll read this again to my (future) kids.
I

think I finished this in 3-5 days.
I wasn't into reading novels back then, but I loved this one.

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LibraryThing member bgknighton

A children’s fantasy, told with Mary Stewart’s usual style. Two children enter a magic forest, deal with a werewolf, an evil sorcerer.

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