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Werewolves Paul Jessup

Werewolves By Paul Jessup

Werewolves by Paul Jessup


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Summary

Following the success of ZOMBIES, this richly illustrated found diary-format book plunges readers into the life of a high school girl-turned-werewolf and the events that follow her transformation; perfectly timed for how hot werewolves have suddenly become in pop culture.

Werewolves Summary

Werewolves by Paul Jessup

A follow-up to ZOMBIES: Same specs, similar 'found journal' concept, this is an illustrated journal from a girl living in contemporary rural Ohio who (along with her brother) is bitten by and transformed into a werewolf. Werewolf adventures ensue. The journal follows her attempts to understand her new nature and her indoctrination into the local 'pack,' who as wolves bit her and her brother in order to bolster their numbers---kind of like getting jumped into a gang. She becomes familiar with physical and social changes that happen as a werewolf and as part of the pack, including alpha and omega wolf dynamics, and interesting changes in her senses and attention to the world around her (once vegetarian, she discovers post-bite that she likes meat by finding herself standing in front of the fridge in the middle of the night eating a raw steak). She and the pack must also contend with a group of 'hunters,' who trace their avocation back to hunters who pursued and persecuted both werewolves and witches back in times of yore, and who now pursue werewolves with similar interest in rubbing them out. Her brother was kind of awkward and didn't have many friends, so he welcomes the changes (he's physically more powerful and fearsome as a werewolf, at least when he changes), but she's less sure about how she feels about it. Her brother is set upon by the pack as the omega, low-wolf on the totem pole and constantly put in his place, which even though he's psyched to be a werewolf eventually comes to a head later in the story. Her ambivalence about being a werewolf develops into her interest in contacting a researcher who is studying lycanthropy and who is understood by the mainstream as being a 'crackpot,' but in that X-Files kind of way is actually aware of The Truth. The rest of the pack, including her brother, are not interested in finding a cure for something they don't think is bad, and in fact have an interest in stopping Alice and the researcher.

About Paul Jessup

The book will be written under a pseudonym 'by' the protagonist. We don't know what her last name is yet, first name is Alice. Paul Jessup is a critically acclaimed writer of strange and eerie fiction. His published work includes Glass Coffin Girls (PS Publishing, Nov. 2009) and Open Your Eyes (Apex Publications, April 2009), in addition to dozens of articles in magazines online and off. He is currently under representation by Fine Print Literary Management and is a member of the SFWA. Allyson Haller is a freelance illustrator based in Los Angeles. A graduate of Grand Valley State University's School of Art & Design, Ally specializes in editorial and book illustration. Her clients include Time Out NY, Disney ABC TV, the UTNE Reader, PRISM international, Boston's Weekly Dig, and the California Institute of the Arts.

Additional information

GOR013495230
9780811877077
0811877078
Werewolves by Paul Jessup
Used - Good
Paperback
Chronicle Books
20100804
144
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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