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3 | A young adult novel written by Brett Roehr and published in 2018. Set in the mountains of northwestern Canada, the story consists of TheExile, a young female wolf named Arnaaluk, who is banished from her family for wandering outside their territory and disobeying her father. |
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5 | She meets two brothers, Kanak and Tulok, who are involved in a SiblingRivalry. She falls in love with the dominant sibling, Tulok and a LoveTriangle erupts between the two brothers. The three wolves face threats from another wolf named Lycargus and from "tall dark figures" with guns who roam the mountains and forests. |
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7 | !!''The Yukon Wolf'' provides examples of: |
8 | %%* ActionGirl: Arnaaluk. |
9 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:After Lycargus is killed by a hunter, Tulok feels sorry for him]]. |
10 | * AnimalReligion: Tulok apparently believes in the existence of life after death. |
11 | * BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Arnaaluk gives birth to a litter of pups at the end]]. |
12 | * BalloonBelly: Some of the wolves in the story, especially Tulok, love to gorge on caribou until their bellies are "full and swollen." |
13 | * BerserkButton: Lycargus seems easily triggered when Kanak calls him an "idiot." |
14 | * BigBad: Lycargus and humans. |
15 | * BigEater: Tulok fits this description perfectly. Wolves are pretty much gluttons in real life. |
16 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Tulok and his new family survive the harsh winter, but are forced to leave their home due to the threat of man. Tulok also loses his brother to a trapper]]. |
17 | * BullyingADragon: |
18 | ** Kanak calls Lycargus an idiot. |
19 | ** Arnaaluk carries out this trope later on in the story when Lycargus is threatening her brother. |
20 | * CunningLikeAFox: A fox emerges from its hole and snatches voles from Arnaaluk while she is starving. She then runs underneath Arnaaluk causing her to lose her balance and fall over. |
21 | * DespairEventHorizon: |
22 | ** This is what happens to Payuk after the death of his mate, and again after he mistakenly believes that Lycargus killed his daughter. |
23 | ** [[spoiler:This also happens to Nova]] after his brother dies of pneumonia. |
24 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The story is apparently about ''Canis lupus pambasileus''. |
25 | %%* TheExile: Arnaaluk. |
26 | %%* GrumpyOldMan: Payuk. |
27 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: While some people see wolves as bloodthirsty beasts, the main characters see humans this way. |
28 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Arnaaluk's brother, Kiviaq]], does this as he is dying of pneumonia. |
29 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:The hunter that poisons Lycargus' pups]]. Why did he do that? Why? |
30 | * LittleNo: Lusa says this when her brother, Payuk, is killed by Lycargus. |
31 | * NobleWolf: Most of the wolves in the story are good. Even Lycargus is portrayed in a sympathetic light. |
32 | * OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Caribou lose vast amounts of blood while being attacked by wolves. |
33 | * SaidBookism: There is hardly anything to be "said." Most of the dialogue uses animal sounds such as "growled" or "snarled" whenever a character is angry. Sometimes dialogue tags are avoided altogether. |
34 | * SavageWolves: Lycargus and his brothers pretty much fit this description. |
35 | %%* SceneryPorn: Plenty of it. |
36 | * ShutUpKirk: After Arnaaluk escapes Lycargus a second time, Lycargus insinuates that Payuk is Kanak's father. Kanak calls him an idiot. |
37 | %%* TalkingAnimal |
38 | * ThemeNaming: Many of the characters have Latin, Inuit, or native Alaskan names. |
39 | * TimeSkip: Happens several times throughout the story. |
40 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After Lycargus is killed by a hunter]], his brother, Amak, is never mentioned again. |
41 | * WhiteWolvesAreSpecial: Lusa tries to cheer the main characters up, especially in a time of emotional crisis. |
42 | * WouldHurtAChild: |
43 | ** Tulok kills a caribou calf in front of its mother. |
44 | ** After [[spoiler:Lycargus is killed and his mate is trapped, their pups die when a canister containing poison gas is tossed into their den]]. |
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