Heart of the Hunter is the ninth book in R. L. Stine

R. L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine , known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The...

's Fear Street Sagas

Fear Street Sagas

Fear Street Sagas is a series of teen horror books by R. L. Stine. Fear Street Sagas is the spinoff of the series The Fear Street Saga and is part of the Fear Street series. Almost all of the books in this series were ghostwritten, despite being published under R. L. Stine's name.-Books:There were...

series. This book was ghostwritten

Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written...

 by Eric Weiner

Eric Weiner

Eric Weiner is a longtime correspondent for National Public Radio. He spent a decade overseas for NPR, based in New Delhi, Jerusalem and Tokyo. Weiner is also the author of The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World...

 and was published on October 1, 1997 by Simon Pulse.

Plot

A medicine woman tells Jamie Fier that she knows how he can win the heart of the girl he loves, but it will cost him. She gives him a potion to drink, and that night, when the moon is full, Jamie is transformed into a wolf. With each full moon, he transforms again, but if his true love sees him while he's in the form of a wolf, he'll remain a wolf forever.