I really enjoyed the story and the artwork in this graphic novel about a farm dog who runs away to live with wolves. It was fun to read and also has a subtle way of making you think about animal treatment and how development and farming affects wildlife and the environment. I was able to download free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, and chose this book because I love wolves and dogs, and I thought my 11 year old daughter who loves graphic novels and wolves and foxes would also appreciate it, and she thought it was a great story too! I also appreciated the author interview and sketches included at the end of the book, it is a great opportunity to see into the author's thoughts and process of creating a story. This is a fabulous way for both children and adults who are interested in art and writing to learn more about the writing process.

Hilarious sheep keep a farm dog's life pretty mundane until one day he encounters a pack of local wolves. Warning: some strong language

I received an electronic ARC from Diamond Book Distributors through NetGalley.
The story is okay. A farm guard dog runs off and connects with a small wolf pack. Though they taunt and tease him, he stays with them. A female wolf and he are the only two to survive and they set out for the distant mountain. They run into several issues and end up in separate places - her in the zoo; him back at the farm.
The artwork is detailed but the story is a bit flat. I especially did not like the farmer and his attitude toward his dogs. Younger readers may enjoy the simple and rather unrealistic story line more.

I was drawn in by the cover and description of Wild Thing, but ultimately this animal adventure fell short for me. The concept is great - a farm dog who is bored with his life runs off to join a pack of wolves, with loads of coming-of-age ammunition this story had such potential. But the characters seemed to be mere sketches of what they could have been and I felt like you had to read behind the lines too much to get the full picture. Obviously some of this had to do with the graphic medium of the book, but it still felt far too obtuse for the children's audience this story is marketed towards.

This book brings up some important issues - such as human civilization destroying the natural habitats of animals across the globe but fails to give any meat to these issues. But it also doesn't seem to address other issues present in the story - like the farmer abusing his farm dogs.

Overall it was a quick enjoyable read, but I felt like it needed more depth and direction to really shine.

I loved the artwork and creativity that was packed into this graphic novel. It has so much potential for engaging young readers, both in its inviting form and subject matter.

This is a very cute tale of a farm dog who befriends a pack of wolves and runs with them for a bit. It has some great images and very good lessons. Great for readers of all ages
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This was an interesting read, I could see intended for an older YA audience perhaps. Story and graphics were a little hard to follow and resonate with. Tone was darker than I expected as well. A book I can appreciate reading through once, but wouldn't necessarily revisit.

I love talking animal books. I love books about dogs. I especially love books about dogs that join wolf packs. So Wild Thing should have been a great match for me, but sadly it was not. The art style was not a match for my taste, and the story was a little too unrealistic for me. Sorry I didn't have a better opinion on this one!

Wild Thing by Clayton Junior has a cute cover and premise, unfortunately the story itself was not so cute. The drawing was fine but not beautiful, which would be fine if the story itself was good, but the story over all left a negative feeling not overcome by the attempt at forcing a happy ending. And additionally I felt that what appeared to be jokes in it did not come over well as jokes to 'save' it with humor. I had hoped it would be good for my animal loving kid but won't be passing in on. I read this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A sheep farm's worst ever guard dog goes AWOL one night when it stumbles into the company of a pair of wolves, in this all-ages-friendly graphic novel. Despite them disparaging the dog for all eternity, he sticks it out with the wolves, howling like them, ignoring the new nickname they give him of 'Toy', and so on, until he's become a lot more feral and spunky than he ever appeared while at work on the farm. The problem with this book is that it has quite silly ideas about anthropomorphising things, not only giving very modern speech patterns to the animals but making one of the wolves sketch out a hunting plan in the soil. I wasn't sure why we actually needed a layer of dialogue on things anyway – turns out the author has form with silent books, and as much as I found flaws with the graphics that act as wordless nature studies by Frederic Brremaud, they got away without speech bubbles, and the 'joke' here about sheep being a bit dim and repetitive is not exactly great fun. The way these animals appear here, in this kind of narrative, gives this book a bit of an antiquated feel. That (and the very weak nature of what passes as the plot) means I couldn't really see it becoming a huge success. One and a half stars.

This is a pretty cute graphic novel! I really like the art-style and the way the animals talk to each other. The sheep being annoying and asking the same questions over and over definitely captures their essence! The only negative I have to say about this is that I felt like there were some lack of connection between the various parts, so it felt kind of like just jumping from one thing to the next sometimes, and the moment in between was never really discussed. Overall a good graphic novel tho!

O livro apresenta uma interessante história, trazendo um sentimento de autoconhecimento e também aproveita para mostrar como o ser humano age na natureza afetando a mesma de maneiras erradas.

A narrativa é boa e fluida, trazendo um bom ritmo a leitura.

A primeira parte de Silver com os lobos não me encantou tanto, então tive uma certa dificuldade com a história nesse ponto. Mas após alguns trechos consegui me envolver e gostei do desfecho do livro.