Finished: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance (Lang) I'm so glad I finally read this book, which has been on my list for far too long! I loved it! It was written so beautifully and thoughtfully and believably. It's the story of Weylyn Grey, a young boy who is born in a blizzard, whose parents die when he's in kindergarten, who then becomes lost in the woods and raised by wolves in the forest. He appears to be one with nature and one with all the animals, and very protective of the wolves, as they are of him. When he's 11 years old, he meets Mary, who has just turned 11 and lost her mother to illness. She doesn't "connect" with her father, though her father is completely distraught when she runs away to the woods. She meets Weylyn, and the wolves, and lives with them for several weeks. Mary forges an unbreakable bond with Weylyn, and also with the wolves. After a few weeks, when one of the wolves is shot by a farmer among his herd of animals, Mary is found and reunited with her father. Weylyn is so distraught over the wolf's death, that he can't move, and he is taken to child protectives services. Weylyn is adopted by a preacher, his wife, and four daughters. Though, the only two people who get to know and love Weylyn are the preacher and the "misfit" daughter of the bunch, Lydia. As Weylyn moves through life, he is always fascinated with each new experience and he is very intelligent. He doesn't understand when people tease him. He also has the incredible ability to control the weather. When he gets angry or sad, a rainstorm or blizzard will occur. Control isn't really the right word, since the events are really controlled by his emotions, which as we all know, are very hard to control. When he appears to stop a tornado that is headed right for their town, the news is all about the "wolf boy who stopped the tornado and saved the town". Weylyn isn't really sure how he did it, but he stood right in its path and seemed to just absorb it. Each event like that takes energy from Weylyn. He also realizes that where he lives, storms always follow, so he decides to become a hermit to protect the people he loves. The story is just lovely as we go to different times in Weylyn's life and read about each of the interactions with the handful of people he grows close to. He searches for Mary for a long time, but I won't give the details of that. It's a story that warms the heart, though. He also reconnects with Lydia and her young family when he's older, and those times are a treasure. I really didn't want the story to end! It kept me turning pages until the very end, and it will truly resonate with me for a long time.