Wolf Hollow Sparknotes

This summer we were assigned to read Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk. Wolf Hollow is a historical fiction novel that takes place in between the shadows of the two world wars. Wolf Hollow has many examples of how a little and quiet girl, Annabelle McBride, stood up for strange and scary Tobias Jordan. Wolf Hollow shows that young and small people make a difference in the world. The book was a stupendous book that shows everyone experiences of standing up for others. The book went well with our last year’s theme of standing up for others.
The book Wolf hollow is about a peaceful and steady girl living in a small Pennsylvania town named, Annabelle. She is growing up in between the ruins of two devastating world wars. The quiet and steady life is then

ruined by her new classmate, Betty Glengarry. Betty immediately reveals herself as a manipulative and evil, when she started bullying they were small.For example, Betty threw a rock at Ruth and she unfortunately, lost her eye. She did this with the help of her new friend, Andy. A few days later, Andy and Betty set up an iron wire to hurt Henry. This is when Annabelle had enough of the nonsense that Betty was pulling off. Annabelle and her parents go to Betty’s grandparents to talk about Betty’s attitude with Annabelle. Betty only tells lies about Toby and Annabelle. Betty then started to attack the World War I hero, Tobias Jordan. Annabelle only saw strangeness inside Tobias, but she defended him when Betty talked about him behind his back. Betty then accuses Toby of throwing a rock that hits Ruby in the eye. Annabelle and Toby know that this wasn’t true it was actually Betty that did this. A few days later Betty was declared missing after she didn’t show up at school and at home after school. Supposedly, the police didn’t find Toby for questioning and assumed he kidnapped her.
The hunt for Toby began after the Constable announced the hunt for him. Throughout the whole search, Annabelle stands up for Toby by defending him of her Aunt Lily and the cops. She also hides him from the cops while she gets his side of the story straight. After a few days, they make a plan on how to clear his name up. Annabelle figured out where Betty could be, and Toby when disguised as “Jordan” to help rescue Betty. Annabelle’s theory was right and Betty was hanging in a deep well unconscious. After a few days in the hospital, Betty died because of an infection that spread everywhere. A week later, the manhunt for Tobias continued, until they found him and shot him to death because he pointed his guns to them. The day after, Annabelle found a star in Tobias Jordan’s coat that was supposed to be a Congressional Medal of Honor. The book finished with Annabelle thinking about Toby and he held his guns to the police even after knowing that they don’t work.
Annabelle stood up for Toby and other people in many different ways.

For example, Annabelle stood up for Ruth when Betty said that Ruth just got hurt. Annabelle knew that Ruth got more than hurt and lost an eye. She told Betty that Ruth got more than hurt she lost her eye and she is half blind. Annabelle was getting bullied by the antagonist, Betty Glengarry. Toby was walking by and saw that Betty was bullying her and leaped into action by telling Betty to stay away from Annabelle. This made Betty furious and this caused her to make Toby the target of the attacks. First off, Betty told her grandparents that Toby meant to throw the rock to Mr. Ansel because he was German. Betty knew that she was lying because she was the one who threw the rock to get Toby in trouble. Annabelle wanted really badly to prove to everyone that Betty was lying and she was the one who throws the rock at Ruth. A few chapters later the police discover a picture of Annabelle and Ruth talking to Mr. Ansel in Toby’s house. Supposedly, this meant that Toby was the one who threw the rock at them. Annabelle insisted that this didn’t mean that he threw the rock. “But this doesn’t mean anything, I said. ‘Just because he took that picture doesn’t mean he threw the rock” (Wolk 123). Annabelle defends Toby until he unfortunately

dies.
This book shows that Annabelle McBride stood up for many important causes. For example, there was when she stood up for Tobias Jordan and for her best friend, Ruth. Even though Betty made it very hard for Annabelle to prove that Tobias was innocent she still stood up for him through hard times. The end was not expected, that Betty and Toby die. Betty was evil and cruel, but she did not deserve to die like the way she did. Toby got himself killed because he lifted his guns knowing that they did not work. In the world, we should have more people like Annabelle because bullying might decrease.