A review by aconfundityofcrows
Wolf Stalker by Gloria Skurzynski, Alane Ferguson

3.0

I decided to read one last book in this series before putting it down altogether. This book takes place in Yellowstone National Park and this time the Landon family is investigating the death of a rancher's dog. The rancher claims the dog was killed by one of the recently reintroduced wolves in Yellowstone Park. While the parents are investigating the remains of the dog their children, Jack and Ashley, along with their foster child Troy, end up lost in the woods and protecting an injured wolf they see get shot. Of course, when they are rescued this is vital information to their parents investigation. Since this says it's a mystery, judging it as that the mystery isn't particularly complex. If you like mysteries that require a lot of thought then you will probably be disappointed. This (and most of the series) is more of an adventure story. I think this is probably my least favorite of the four books I've read in this series. It didn't feel as suspenseful as Running Scared (when they were lost in the caves) or have all around crazy going on like in The Hunted (when the kids were attacked by a bear!!!). It did get more interesting near the end when

they confronted the egotistical rancher and there was a fight over the tape with incriminating evidence.

What I also didn't didn't like was how annoying Jack was in this book, fortunately that was a part of his character arc in this book, so he learns by the end of the book to be less bossy. And this is something he learns from because he doesn't have this problem in later books. (yay continuity!)
If you like the other books in the series or think your kids might like them I recommend this book. It is interesting and usually educational.