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The Last Wild

By: Piers Torday
Narrated by: Oliver J. Hembrough
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Summary

From the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell.

As Seen on BBC's Countryfile.

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 listeners of all ages.

©2013 Piers Torday (P)2013 Quercus Publishing Plc / WF Howes
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Critic reviews

"A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure .... it could be the next big thing" (Eoin Colfer)
"Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers" ( Sunday Times)
"The sequel had better come soon" ( Observer)

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This was a great story my mum had to make me take of my head phones so I didn’t listen for the whole day

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I love this book and I can't wait to read the
Next one! It is really good and you should read this book.
The book is so exciting.

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I found it amazing

It was soo good the perfect story for if you just wanna relax and listen and you will enjoy it if you love animals like me

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Fabulous book

Great book. I just downloaded it today and it is so entertaining and so addictive.

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Just awesome

Made me cry and smile. Loved it so much. One of my favourites of all time.

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is there is a word that is better than outstanding

my favourite character has to be the wolf cub, it is just brilliant, super addicting!!!💙💙💙🐺🐺🐺

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Great adventure with real world parallels

loved the way this was read and the story itself was enthralling from the start.

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amazing book😀<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

I hope this book becomes a film because it is absolutely amazing . thank you

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A great novel for upper ks2 children.

An excellent choice for upper ks2 children. It is well written and a great resource for modelled writing.

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Like Covid-19 but could happen in the future.

I loved it and I will get 10 Fr. For this futuristic interesting Audible book.

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