{"product_id":"wolfestongue-by-sam-thompson","title":"Wolfstongue by Sam Thompson","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeep in the Forest, the foxes live in an underground city. They didn't build it themselves: led by Reynard the fox, they enslaved wolves to do the work. By teaching language to the wolves, the clever foxes control them with the power of speech.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow Isengrim, Hersent and their pups are the only wolves left in the Forest. They use clay with magical properties to heal their wounds, and move between the human and animal worlds using hidden passageways asthey fight to survive. One day, Isengrim gets injured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe is helped by a boy, Silas. Silas finds speaking difficult - except when in the company of the wolves. When the foxes kidnap the wolf pups, Silas is determined to help his new friends to rescue their young.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe must find his voice to undermine Reynard's power and destroy the foxes' city. A lyrical fable about the power of language and the relationship between humans and the natural world. 'We had a name for a certain human child.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis was the child who would walk side by side with the wolves, and would know our silence. The child would be our voice. So that we could live as wolves ought to live.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFree from words. The name for that child was WOLFSTONGUE.'\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Winding Stair Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39339711856723,"sku":"","price":10.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/0691\/0035\/products\/wolfstongue.jpg?v=1620574250","url":"https:\/\/winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/wolfestongue-by-sam-thompson","provider":"Winding Stair Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}