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The Dark Wild

The Last Wild Trilogy (Book 2)

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WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE 2014.

Twelve-year-old Kester thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong.

Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: animals who believe the time is right to rise up against their human enemies.

And soon Kester realises: he is the only one who can stop them.

Kester Jaynes saved the animals. Can he save the humans too?

(P)2014 WF Howes Ltd

Critics Review

An excellent, punchy adventure tale with vivid characters and an impassioned eco message.
The Financial 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.
The Times
Full of suspense without ever sacrificing warmth.
Katherine Rundell
A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure ... it could be the next big thing.
Eoin Colfer
Gripping, original and memorable.
Francesca Simon
A magnetic adventure ... find yourself glued like tar to this satisfying, spine-tingling book.
Samuel H. (aged 10)
Wildly inventive, moving and gripping.
Frank Cottrell Boyce
A must-read: brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl.
New York Post
Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers.
Sunday Times
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
Splendid stuff
Eva Ibbotson
An amazing story
The Guardian
The sequel had better come soon.
Observer
Author Piers Torday
Narrator Oliver Hembrough
Series The Last Wild Trilogy
Duration 8 hours and 41 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781848668294
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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