The Wolves of Willoughby Chase


by Joan Aiken (Author)

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   Book 1   
Pages: 224
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Even the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase are not as cruel and merciless as the evil Miss Slighcarp. So when Bonnie and Sylvia Green are left in her neglectful care, they must use all their wits to survive. Luckily, they have a few good friends on their side.

The first title in the classic Wolves Chronicles is set in 1832 in a period of English history that never happened. King James III is on the throne and a newly opened Channel Tunnel links the British Isles with mainland Europe. Bitter winters on the continent have driven hoards of ravaging wolves north through the tunnel to Dover and beyond. The evil Miss Slighcarp is not the only peril Bonnie and Sylvia will face...

Wolves Chronicles Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Wolves Chronicles
Reading level: 9+
Books in series: 12
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: fantasy  adventure  historical  animal  myth & legend  steampunk 

 Print series book list

Books in series order

1.   The Wolves of Willoughby Chase  (1962)
2.   Black Hearts in Battersea  (1964)
3.   Nightbirds on Nantucket  (1966)
4.   The Stolen Lake  (1981)
5.   Limbo Lodge  (1999)
6.   The Cuckoo Tree  (1971)
7.   Dido and Pa  (1986)
8.   Is Underground  (1992)
9.   Cold Shoulder Road  (1995)
10.   Midwinter Nightingale  (2003)
11.   The Witch of Clatteringshaws  (2005)
+   The Whispering Mountain  (1968)