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FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN’S FICTION PRIZE
A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell
This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has rescued the last wild animals in the world, and saved his capital city from destruction. But now he must face his greatest challenge yet, because:
1. The only blue whale on the planet has brought news from across the ocean
2. A mysterious steel dome has risen from the Four Towers
3. Out there, somewhere, a brave mouse holds the key to the future…
A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell
This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has rescued the last wild animals in the world, and saved his capital city from destruction. But now he must face his greatest challenge yet, because:
1. The only blue whale on the planet has brought news from across the ocean
2. A mysterious steel dome has risen from the Four Towers
3. Out there, somewhere, a brave mouse holds the key to the future…
Reviews
Written in vivid and urgent style ... As thrilling as James and the Giant Peach ... The Last Wild may be as critical to the new generation as Tarka the Otter.
An amazing story
Full of suspense without ever sacrificing warmth.
A must-read: brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl.
Splendid stuff
Gripping, original and memorable.
A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure ... it could be the next big thing.
Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers.
An excellent, punchy adventure tale with vivid characters and an impassioned eco message.
Wildly inventive, moving and gripping.
A magnetic adventure ... find yourself glued like tar to this satisfying, spine-tingling book.
I haven't read a book this good and interesting since The Hunger Games ... an edge-of-your-seat fast-paced read.
The sequel had better come soon.
