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Place has a way of shaping character. The rugged, towering peaks of a mountain range can inspire stories of equally resilient figures. This is certainly true for K.T. Guidero’s Donkey Wolf . The story of the lonely, long-eared wolf living near a mining camp feels authentically grounded in its setting. This authenticity stems from the author herself. K.T. Guidero resides in the Owens Valley, located at the foot of the imposing eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Liv

What happens when a predator decides to become a protector? In the rugged landscape near an active mining camp, an aging wolf named Donkey Wolf is living a quiet, lonely life surviving on food scraps. He is an unlikely candidate for a grand adventure. He’s getting older, and he’s on his own. But adventure finds him in the form of tiny, desperate voices. The miners keep sparrows in cages to detect deadly gasses deep underground—a perilous existence for the birds, who desperate

We’ve all felt it at some point—the stinging feeling of not quite fitting in. Maybe you were too tall, too quiet, or your interests didn't align with the "pack." In K.T. Guidero’s touching tale, Donkey Wolf , we meet a protagonist whose very name defines his difference. Donkey Wolf is aging. He can no longer keep up with the swift pace of his wolf pack, and to make matters worse, he is teased for having ears that are longer than normal—more like a donkey's than a wolf's. Cast