Robbie McLeod has the misfortune to be orphaned at a very young age and is brought up for a while by his heartless uncle. He is also born into a difficult age being young and idealistic in Scotland at the time of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745.Robbie McLeod has the misfortune to be orphaned at a very young age and is brought up for a while by his heartless uncle. He is also born into a difficult age being young and idealistic in Scotland at the time of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745. Bonnie Prince Charlie has returned to Scotland from his exile in France to claim the throne which is rightfully his.The charismatic Prince sweeps through Scotland calling men to arms as he goes and Robbie joins them. At Culloden the Scots are overwhelmed by the English and Robbie runs for his life from the field of battle.Aged just sixteen he becomes a hunted man.Robbie hides in a distant and remote glen and it is there that he makes the best friend of his life Charlie. Not everyone would be able to make a friend from a wild wolf but Robbie did. And if you want to know how he did it you will have to listen to his story…In this short fiction Robbie's adventure takes him from being an orphan to a fugitive finding solace in the unlikeliest of friendships with a wild wolf. The action-packed narrative penned by the bestselling author Michael Morpurgo keeps the readers on the edge of their seats.For fans of Philip Pullman (The Firework Maker's Daughter) Katherine Rundell (The Wolf Wilder) Louis Sachar (Sideways Stories From Wayside School) Dick King-Smith (The Fox Busters) and Elizabeth Laird (Welcome to Nowhere).
