Dust City answers an age-old question: What if your dad was The Big Bad Wolf? Sounds kind of funny, doesn’t it? It’s not. Seriously.

This is a book for readers who are after something a little more hardboiled than the usual fare. Or, as it says on the label, “When your dad is the wolf who killed little red riding hood, life is no fairytale.”

You can read an excerpt here.

– Winner –
• Canadian Library Association Honour (2011)

– Nominations –
• Edgar Alan Poe Award, Young Adult Category (2011)
• Red Cedar Award (2012)