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Ryan Graudin
Ryan Graudin writes stories for young adults, often exploring dystopian settings. Her book "The Walled City Lib/E" is a notable example of her work in this genre.
Wolf by Wolf
Synopsis
The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.
Genres
Characters
YaelProtagonist
A Holocaust survivor left able to shapeshift by Nazi medical experiments; she infiltrates the Axis Tour motorcycle race disguised as Adele Wolfe to assassinate Hitler.
Adele WolfeSupporting
The defending champion of the Axis Tour and its only past female winner, whose identity Yael assumes to enter the race.
FelixSupporting
Adele's twin brother and a fellow racer, fiercely protective of his sister and unknowingly drawn close to the disguised Yael.
LukaSupporting
A former Axis Tour champion and Adele's past love interest, racing again and growing suspicious that something is different about her.
HenrykaSupporting
A resistance leader at headquarters who fusses over Yael like family, disapproving of her wolf tattoos even as she cares for her.
Frequently asked questions
Is Wolf by Wolf part of a series?
Wolf by Wolf is the first book in Ryan Graudin's Wolf by Wolf duology, followed by Blood for Blood (2016). A companion novella, Iron to Iron, was published between the two novels and follows racer Luka Löwe's story during the prior year's Axis Tour.
Is Wolf by Wolf based on a true story?
No. Wolf by Wolf is an alternate-history novel that imagines a 1956 in which the Axis powers won the Second World War. The Holocaust setting and historical figures like Hitler are real, but the Axis Tour motorcycle race and the plot to assassinate Hitler are invented.
Has Wolf by Wolf won any awards?
Wolf by Wolf was shortlisted for the UK's Carnegie Medal (2017) and was a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (2016). It was also a nominee on several U.S. state teen readers'-choice lists, including the South Carolina Book Award, Rhode Island Teen Book Award, and Milwaukee County Teen Book Award.
