Forest of Wolves

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Forest of Wolves is the fourth book of the Return to the Wild series. It is unknown who the bear on the cover is, but it could be Toklo, Aiyanna or Chogan. The title refers to the fact that the setting is in a forest, with the bears are pursued by a pack of wolves throughout the book.

History

The Blurb

In the mountains at last...

After a harrowing journey toward Toklo's home in the mountains, the four bears finally arrive. Toklo is thrilled to be surrounded by familiar sights and warm memories of his cubhood.

Yet Toklo's homecoming has come at a price. Yakone is dangerously ill, having lost part of his paw in a flat-face trap, and Kallik is wracked with guilt that Yakone's decision to join her on this quest might cost him his life.

As the struggling polar bears feel the pull to return to the ice and Toklo begins thinking about a life in the mountains, Lusa is left to wonder where she belongs. Is she ready to find her own way if it means leaving her friends — the only family she has left?

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Detailed Plot Summary

The book begins immediately after the events of River of Lost Bears, where the Seekers have just narrowly escaped a pack of coyotes where they are on a firesnake full of `pebbles`, possibly coal. Yakone is still terribly weak and injured from the bear trap, with two toes missing and the wound still bleeding and carrying infection. Lusa and Kallik are the most concerned about him, but Toklo is too focused on the fact that the firesnake is heading the direction of his birthplace. After the firesnake stops, the bears have to rush to hide from flat-faces, who are examining the snakebeast. The four hastily get on, Yakone struggling to keep up due to his injury. On the next stop, they get off the firesnake as it is close enough to Toklo's birthplace for them to get off. Yakone begins to get progressively worse, and the bears learn from a grizzly called Maniitok of a pack of wolves and an old grizzly who are both terrorizing the woods. Lusa worries about Yakone and is also afraid that Kallik will make herself sick if she doesn't get rest.

Toklo goes and meets a secretive she-bear who tells him to stay off her territory. Toklo is upset that he cant see Tobi's burial mound which is on the she-bears territory. That night Kallik dreams of her mother and Nanuk. They tell her they can end Yakones suffering. When Kallik realizes what they mean she tells them she will fight them for Yakone. In the morning Lusa wonders if she could find something stronger than the forest herbs for Yakone. She climbs a tree and sees a flat-face denning area; she thinks that their medicine will work much more then herbs, and cure Yakone. Lusa runs to Toklo and Kallik and tells them she saw a patch of herbs some way off and that she will be back in two days. Toklo and Kallik reluctantly let her go while she starts off toward a healing den, to find out more.

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Characters

Polar Bears

• Kallik
• Yakone
• Nanuk
• Nisa

Grizzly Bears

• Toklo
• Ujurak
• Aiyanna
• Maniitok
• Chogan
• Makya
• Fala
• Flo
• Izusa
• Wapi
• Yas
• Oka
• Tobi

Black Bears

• Lusa

Trivia

• It is rumored that the figure from Toklo's past mentioned in the blurb may be Shoteka, because he promised Toklo revenge in Great Bear Lake.
  • This was later revealed untrue; the figure is really Chogan, Toklo's father.

References

Forest of Wolves Chapters
Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8 • Chapter 9 • Chapter 10 • Chapter 11 • Chapter 12 • Chapter 13 • Chapter 14 • Chapter 15 • Chapter 16 • Chapter 17 • Chapter 18 • Chapter 19 • Chapter 20 • Chapter 21 • Chapter 22 • Chapter 23 • Chapter 24 • Chapter 25