Seidler, Tor.
FIRSTBORN
New York : Atheneum Books, 2015
IL 5-8, RL 4.9
ISBN 1481410172

How do you be true to yourself while also true to others who love and count on you, even if what they expect of you isn’t who you know you truly are? Such is the heart of this wonderful story of the beauty and brutality of nature set in the backdrop of the majestic Yellowstone National Park and narrated by a misfit and wise magpie named Maggie who befriends a stoic and noble alpha male wolf named Blue Boy. When Blue Boy’s firstborn pup, Lamar, doesn’t live up to what is deemed proper alpha male behavior, father and son must find their own ways to being true to oneself while also true to one’s family.  Full of well-rounded characters and an authentic portrayal of life in the wild, Firstborn takes readers on an unforgettable journey into the lives of wolves.  (Garden State Children's Book Awards, 2018)