Used Book – Nadya, Pat Murphy

1830. Dmitri, a young Polish peasant, lives peacefully in Missouri with his wife Marietta. From their union a little girl is born who grows up quietly until puberty when, under the effect of change, she discovers her true nature. For when the moon is full in the sky, Nadya, like her parents, becomes a she-wolf. However, the predatory instinct of men will endanger the creatures of the night. And Nadya will have to flee on a long journey across the United States, heading for a hypothetical haven of peace on the borders of the known world, the promised land of California...