Grady finds and convinces his parents to let him keep a large wolf-like stray dog for a pet which he names Wolf, but when something has broken into the deer pen in Grady's yard and killed one of the animals, his father Mr. Tucker decides that the stray had to be taken to the pound.

The newly changed werewolf bites Grady, but the assault is cut short when Wolf attacks and chases away Will.

Onomatopoeia is used with the repeated word "scrape" to bring a more heightened sense of fear and intensity during the nightmare scene.

Jordan and Nicole Blake decide to join their father on a trip to Alaska to try to locate a snow creature known as the Abominable Snowman.

After showing their neighbor Lauren Sax the Snowman, Ana throws a snowball from the trunk at her, but it misses and hits the tree.

Melissa T. Jenvey from the School Library Journal stated that this book was "a great option for younger readers interested in graphic novels, and the nostalgia is there for the older set".

[2] George Galuschak from Kliatt stated that this book is too intense for younger children, but too boring for older ones.

[3] Kat Kan from Booklist commented "the “gotcha” ending of ["The Werewolf of Fever Swamp"] is particularly well done" and that the book "graphic-novel format is sure to attract its own following".