The Last Wild Trilogy: The Last Wild: Book 1 - Softcover

Torday, Piers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780878303 ISBN 13: 9781780878300

Publisher: Quercus Children's Books, 2013

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Piers Torday began his career in theatre and then television as a producer and writer. His first book for children, The Last Wild, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. His second book, The Dark Wild, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. There May Be A Castle was a People's Book Award finalist and a Times Children's Book of the Year. The Lost Magician was a Book of the Year in six national newspapers and won the Teach Primary Book Award. The follow up, The Frozen Sea, was published in 2019. Piers has also completed an unfinished novel by his late father Paul (author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, The Death of an Owl) and adapted The Box of Delights and A Christmas Carol for the stage.

From the Back Cover

This is the story of 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...

Edition details

• Publisher: Quercus Children's Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780878303
• ISBN 13: 9781780878300
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352