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The Last Wild Trilogy: The Last Wild

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28th March 2013

Price: £7.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781780878294

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From the winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize

This is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn’t know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:
1. There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.
2. They are talking to him.
3. His life will never be quite the same again…

Kester lives in a land in quarantine. A deadly virus has killed all the animals except pests and it’s expected to be equally dangerous to humans. But when Kester realises he can talk to the pests, he finds they have great hope invested in him.

A captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by readers of all ages.

Reviews

Eoin Colfer
'A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure ... it could be the next big thing' Eoin Colfer.
Katherine Rundell
Full of suspense without ever sacrificing warmth.
The Guardian
An amazing story
Good Housekeeping
A brilliantly written adventure that is great for starting discussions about extinction and what we can do to prevent it, and the importance of biodiversity
Sunday Times
Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers.
Financial Times
'It's a grim but in no way depressing read, preaching hope amid dystopia' Financial Times.
Guardian Children's website
I haven't read a book this good and interesting since The Hunger Games ... an edge-of-your-seat fast-paced read.
Eoin Colfer
A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure ... it could be the next big thing.
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Wildly inventive, moving and gripping.
Eva Ibbotson
Splendid stuff
The Times
'Thrilling ... Written in a vivid, urgent style, its sense of loss at all the creatures we have lost or are losing may be as critical to the new generation as Tarka the Otter' Times.
Francesca Simon
'Gripping, original and memorable' Francesca Simon.
The Financial Times
An excellent, punchy adventure tale with vivid characters and an impassioned eco message.
The Times
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.
New York Post
A must-read: brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl.
Samuel H. (aged 10)
A magnetic adventure ... find yourself glued like tar to this satisfying, spine-tingling book.
Francesca Simon
Gripping, original and memorable.
Sunday Times
'Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers' Sunday Times.
Daily Mail
'An action-packed, dystopian eco-thriller with memorable characters, both animal and human, and a powerful message about the interdependence of man and nature. A promising debut' Daily Mail.
Observer
The sequel had better come soon.
Observer
'The sequel had better come soon' Observer.
Guardian Children's website
'I haven't read a book this good and interesting since The Hunger Games ... an edge-of-your-seat fast-paced read' Guardian Children's website.
Eva Ibbotson
'Splendid stuff' Eva Ibbotson.

The Last Wild Trilogy