Louis Dorfman

Dakar, a Wolf's Adventure Louis Dorfman

This novel is the story of a wolf named Dakar,written from the animals' point of view. The novel chronicles Dakar's odysseyacross British Columbia, Canada, and into Montana. Dakar is the young son ofthe wolf pack leader, Torga, and the alpha female of the pack, Tonya. Whileresting after feeding, the pack becomes the target of illegal poachers lookingfor a trophy. Dakar saves his mother and siblings and leads the hunters awayfrom the pack while the pack flees to safety. Dakar is wounded during the encounter. Despiteinjury, Dakar keeps leading the hunters further from the wolf pack and awayfrom his home and family. Soon thereafter he meets a mystical raven namedRahwa. This raven leads Dakar on a journey filled with adventure and surprisesto get medical assistance from a strange and unexpected source. Dakar makes unusual and delightful friends along theway and finds that he's able to trust and relate to other animals, as well asother species, besides his wolf pack. Dakar also learns many skills that willserve him well throughout his life. ¿Itbecomes ever more clear that Rahwa, the raven, is something more than heappears to be. The journey has a very surprising and unexpectedending during which Dakar receives help from unexpected sources, overcomesobstacles he never would have believed he could conquer, and learns a greatdeal more than he believed he ever would about life and relationships.