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'Wolf Brother' to be series like 'Harry Potter' -
earlier novel compared to Potter books Summary:
Originally written over 20 years ago by author Michelle Paver, Wolf Brother is being released worldwide, with sales of its publishing rights totaling $5 million USD.
Article: 'Wolf Brother' to be series like 'Harry Potter'
Set in prehistoric times, a fantasy book about a boy hunter who befriends a wolf cub is already being
compared to JK Rowling's
Harry Potter series.
Originally written over 20 years ago by author Michelle Paver, Wolf Brother is being released worldwide, with sales of its publishing rights totaling $5 million USD. In contrast,
the rights to Rowling's first Potter novel were purchased by Scholastic for only $105,000, according to Forbes.
Paver is turning the book into a series with the hope of duplicating Rowling's success with
Potter, which has spawned three hugely successful movies and made Rowling the first billionaire author.
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"There has been amazing interest in this book, but it touches a nerve," Cox said.
"We have sold the rights all around the world, including the likes of America and Japan, but even in countries like Iceland, where there is only one publishing house, and France, where it is very difficult for an English book on its debut," he said.
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It was first drafted in 1982 while at university, but left it unfinished.
But last year, having established herself as an author of love stories, she came across the manuscript and decided to turn it into a children's novel.
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"Wolf Brother" tells the story of a 12-year-old boy living 6,000 years ago, who teams up with an orphaned wolf cub after his father is killed, with the pair trying to rid their native forest of an evil force.
Paver researched the book, described by her agent as "very, very tough and gritty", by staying with nomadic tribesmen in Finland, Lapland and Greenland.
Source:
Yahoo News via
HPANA.