I really loved this book when I first read it as a child. Because of that it will always be special to me. I highly recommend it for young adults who love fantasy. ( )

A werewolf in the Black Forest and two children who walk into an ancient time, in a Young Adult book written by a master story teller. This is a rather minor work of hers. The style feels old-fashioned, with the whiff of condescension I would have expected from a juvie written in the early 20th century, rather than in 1980. I came across it while cataloging, but had never read it -- so I did. On the other hand, I didn't know Mary Stewart had ever written anything on lycanthropy. ( )