Gaiman, Niel. The Wolves in the Walls. New York : HarperCollins, 2003.
Plot: Quite noises creep into Lucy's home. Her family does not seem to hear them, but Lucy states the walls hide a pack of wolves. Each member of the family claims a small animal of some sort must be moving in the wall, because if there are wolves, and if the wolves decide to come out, it is all over. However, despite her family's insistence to the contrary, there are wolves in the walls and, one day, they come out.
Genre: Picture Books, Horror
Reading Level: Grades 3-12
Similar Titles: Peter and the Wolf, The Dangerous Alphabet, Gonna Roll the Bones
Personal Thoughts: A thoroughly creepy picture book. Neil Gaiman takes full advantage of world-building language and uncanny narrative to create a familiar yet unnerving story. The pictures combine actual photographs, ink drawings, and abstract shapes to create a disjointed world completely complementing the language of the story. Gaiman once again proves authors can create scary stories without being gory.
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