Line #40 Literature/TheYukonWolf


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yukonwolfebookandpaperbackcover_0.jpg]]
2
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.
4
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.
6
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]].

Context Literature / TheYukonWolf