Thursday, March 12, 2015

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Stiefvater, M., & Stengel, C. (2009). Shiver (p. 390). New York: Scholastic Press.


Characters: Grace, Sam, Olivia, Isabel, Jack, Paul, Shelby

Themes: Friendship, Love, Fear

Summary:
Grace was attacked by wolves when she was eleven years old. A wolf eventually saves her, which turns out to be Sam. Jack, a classmate, dies from being attacked by wolves. The town rallies together to hunt these wolves and ends up shooting Sam. Sam crawls to Grace’s door and she takes care of him. They fall in love, even though Sam is a wolf. Isabel, Jack’s sister, finds out he is a wolf and wants to find a cure. He remembers that Grace was bitten but never turned. Isabel thinks when Grace had a high fever, her body destroyed the “wolf virus”. So she develops a plan to inject meningitis to Jack, Sam and Olivia. Sam and Olivia refuse, so Jack gets injected and dies.

The book is very reminiscent of the Twilight series.  I would recommend as a follow up read, Twilight (New Moon) by Stephanie Myers. Both book discuss the transformation form human to wolves.

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