We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad

Historical middle-grade novel following Liesl, Otto, and baby Mia—German Wolfskinder fleeing East Prussia as WWII ends—across flight, separation, starvation, and survival in forests and Lithuania until reunion with their mother.

This book’s main concerns are; animal cruelty/death and gore, child endangerment and wartime abuse/exploitation, exposure and extreme survival conditions, Nazi/Hitler youth exploitation and antisemitic persecution, severe wartime psychological trauma/distress, starvation, survival-driven aggression, and wartime violence / civilian targeting.