We Are Wolves

The powerful novel from award-winning Australian writer Katrina Nannestad.

Shortlisted in the 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Winner of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards. Longlisted in the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards.

Sometimes it's good to be wild.

Sometimes you have to be wild.

When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother and sister safe.

But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad things. Dangerous things. Wild things.

Sometimes to survive, you must become a wolf.

Bestselling author Katrina Nannestad returns with her most masterful novel yet -- a book to crack open your heart, a book to light you up inside, a book to love.

AWARDS

Winner - ABDA Best Designed Children's Fiction Book 2021

Winner - Book Links Award for Children's Historical Fiction 2021

Winner - ARA Historical Novel Prize 2021 (Children's and Young Adult Category)

Winner - Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2022 (Children's Literature Award)

Winner - Koala Awards 2022 (Fiction for Readers 7-9)

Shortlisted - CBCA Book of the Year Award (Younger Readers) 2021

Shortlisted - Queensland Literary Awards 2021 (Children's Book Award)

Shortlisted - Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2021 (Children's Literature Award)

Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards 2022

Longlisted - ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children 2021

About the Author

Katrina Nannestad is a multi-award-winning Australian author. Her books include the CBCA-shortlisted We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief, The Travelling Bookshop series, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series, and the historical novels Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, Waiting for the Storks, Silver Linings and All the Beautiful Things.

Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing. She also loves creating stories that bring joy or hope to other people's lives.

Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria with her husband, a silly whippet called Olive and a mob of kangaroos.