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.
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.
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Reviews
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
A must-read: brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl.
I haven't read a book this good and interesting since The Hunger Games ... an edge-of-your-seat fast-paced read.
'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.
'A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure ... it could be the next big thing' Eoin Colfer.
A magnetic adventure ... find yourself glued like tar to this satisfying, spine-tingling book.
A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure ... it could be the next big thing.
An amazing story
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 excellent, punchy adventure tale with vivid characters and an impassioned eco message.
'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.
Splendid stuff
Wildly inventive, moving and gripping.
'Splendid stuff' Eva Ibbotson.
'Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers' Sunday Times.
'Gripping, original and memorable' Francesca Simon.
Gripping, original and memorable.
'It's a grim but in no way depressing read, preaching hope amid dystopia' Financial Times.
The sequel had better come soon.
Full of suspense without ever sacrificing warmth.
Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers.
'The sequel had better come soon' Observer.
'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.
