Wanhowl is the second title in the Turtle Island Tales series and is prequel to the original Turtle Island. Chuptik is feeling uncertain about her fitness to be the new Guardian of Turtle Island, so the old Guardian, Brunius, tells her the story of how he became the Guardian a thousand planting cycles ago, and stopped a terrible drought, with the help of his friends, Wanhowl the Bobcat and Shusan the Marmot.