pstrong As in George Orwell's Animal Farm, the dynamics of oppression and resistance that play out between animals mirror those between humans.em The New York Timesem br The best animal adventure since Watership Down -- emThe Times The Times Children's Book of the Week, July 3rd 2021emstrongbr strongGripping and profound -- emNew Statesmanemstrongbr strongA hugely original tale -- emThe Irish Timesemstrongbr strongA thrilling adventure -- Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Nowstrongbr br The children's debut by Booker-longlisted author Sam Thompson is an engrossing, thoughtful, beautifully written story about humans and animals, voice and power, neurodiversity and acceptance. pInspired by his own experience of having a son with speech difficulties, emWolfstongueem is Sam Thompson's first novel for children. br br bSilas is a young boy who is bullied at school because his words will not come. bHe wishes he could live in silence as animals do. Deep in the Forest, the foxes live in an un