Wolf Siren [Beth O'Brien]

WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WRITING 2026

WINNER OF THE UKLA BOOK AWARD

A vibrant, evocative and magical debut which centres a positive, empowered disabled character at the heart of a reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood.

The woods are hiding a secret… but then so is Red…

Red is not allowed to go into the woods. Everyone knows that they are dangerous – because of their strange magic and the wolves that lurk there… But Red finds herself increasingly drawn to the woods and the place where her grandmother disappeared without a trace three years ago. When the woodcutter fails to return home one night and wolves are spotted close to the village boundary, fear drives a deep and dangerous divide between the villagers and the nature they live alongside.

Only Red seems to hold the key – but she has a secret, and exposing it could ruin her family forever …

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 10 2025
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008642013
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 14 years