This propulsive thriller tracks the terrifying night of two girls who find themselves lost in the woods—and hunted by a threat far more dangerous than the wolves that lurk in the forest. A bold new direction from Cynthia Hand, perfect for fans of 49 Miles Alone.

WHAT THE WOLVES KNOW
by Cynthia Hand
HarperCollins Children’s, July 2027

Aspen knows wolves are endangered—she just doesn’t really care. As the daughter of a famous wolf advocate, she is sick of playing second fiddle to a bunch of animals. And it doesn’t help that she can’t tell her mom about how she’s falling for a boy who happens to be the son of an outspoken proponent of trapping the wolves that roam free in Idaho National Forest.

Maya loves wolves. She cannot comprehend why Aspen isn’t more excited to be working with her activist mom—Maya would do anything to prove her commitment to the cause. The two girls are accustomed to keeping a steady distance from one another…until Maya decides to use Aspen’s secrets as leverage in order to drag her along on a mission to target one hunter’s traps. But what was supposed to be an afternoon of quiet civil disobedience quickly turns to something more dire. Because trappers in the Idaho woods don’t take kindly to interference. And when the two girls end up stranded in the forest, they’ll have to use all their wits to survive the night—and escape the hunter set on finding them.

Cynthia Hand is the NYTbestselling author of several books for teens, including the Unearthly trilogy, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The How & The Why, and With You All The Way. She also writes the Jane books with fellow authors Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton: My Lady Jane, My Plain Jane, My Calamity Jane, My Contrary Mary, My Imaginary Mary, and My Salty Mary.