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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.

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'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.

Wow, that actually sounds like a great storyline - I wouldn't mind checking that out upon publication!

The story sounds good... but not as good as HP series because they are the best! :sorcerer: :sorcerer:

Sounds pretty interesting...could be cool to check em it out when they come out...

It actually sounds pretty good! I'll have to check that out when they get here! But I agree with hashim90, nothing can beat Harry Potter!!

It does sound original but not as good as harry potter Because harry potter it the best! :sorcerer:

It sounds like a good story yes, but I dont think that I would read it. It doesn't sound like Harry Potter in the fact that HP is for everyone of all ages and this book kinda sounds like a childrens or teen book, nothing young adults or even adults would read, just my opinion.

Cool, might have a read of that when it comes out :)

That actually sounds like an interesting book, so I might have to check it out at some point. Although, if every book that was supposed to be the 'new Harry Potter' was, I'd belong to at least fifty other message boards, and have a book collection to rival the Library of Congress.

Its doesnt sound as good as Harry Potter to me. Maybe somthing I would read though.

Sounds like a good story but not as good as Harry Potter of course.

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Originally posted by TomFeltonFan@Sep 3 2004, 04:28 PM
Its doesnt sound as good as Harry Potter to me. Maybe somthing I would read though.

^ I agree... I don't think anything can beat Harry Potter for me...

Sadly, that book doesnt seem a bit interesting to me... And I don't really see the comparison... Harry Potter has a lot more substance, and deepness.. At least for me, HP means a lot more than the Wold Brother book seems to have... So that is why, I don't see them being similar. Sure, you could compare the number of copies sold... or maybe they are both children's books (I have no idea)?

But being sold or not does not say that a book is good. Just that people bought it. You have no way of knowing if it's a good book or not.

And I'm not really interested in finding out about that Wolf Brother book.

But, for whoever is, I encourage you fullheartedly to go and read it :)

it doesnt sound too bad but theres no way it can even compare to hp, it even says in the article that the author hopes to duplicate the success of jo rowling so basically the author is just a jkr wannabe

the book doesnt seem exactly interesting and i dont think it can beat HP which rocks.

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i fully agree, i dont think adults would read them.

Harry Potter is better, It will always be the best book. It is an insult to compare that storyline to hp! >_<

^^ ha ha i agree lol. it doesnt sound anything as good as hp . . lol

The comparison being made, if you read the article, is that both are books following children through struggles with the use of a series.

Truthfully i dont read many other books apart from Harry Potter but this book sounds pretty interesting. I may give it a try when it is published. Although i always keep in my head when i read other books that they are not as great as Harry Potter books. :hello:

ok we already have Harry Potter we dont really need another novel thats a book that relates to HP to become a movie then it might be boring!!!!! see there are alot of novels that are movies or becoming movies now!!!! LOTR, HP, The bad beging, and some other ones!!!

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Originally posted by hashim90@Sep 3 2004, 11:42 AM
The story sounds good... but not as good as HP series because they are the best! :sorcerer: :sorcerer:

too true