The Cry of the Wolf is a novel for children or young adults, written by Melvin Burgess and published by Andersen Press in 1990 (ISBN 1849393753).

Set on the island of Great Britain, it features a grey wolf raised partly by humans after learning only a little from its mother before her death, and the hunter who killed her and is obsessed with personally eliminating the species from the wild.

He was a highly commended runner up for the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.

Translations have been published in Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Spanish, Lithuanian and Slovenian languages.

[2] The book tells the story of a man who tries to kill the last wild wolves in England, and the wolf, raised among humans, who will try to strike back.

The cub, Greycub, is reared by Ben and his family and, being a social animal, waits in vain for the sound or scent of a remaining wolf.

Jenny – The Hunter's trustful hunting dog, she had an accident with a hyena, making one of her front legs smaller than the other.

Ben Tilley – A nice boy who tries to help Greycub for most of his life after letting slip to the hunter that there are still wild wolves in England.