The Dark Wild, Piers Torday
The Dark Wild, Piers Torday
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The Dark Wild
Book 2

Author: Piers Torday

Narrator: Oliver Hembrough

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/27/2014

Synopsis

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

About Piers Torday

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, nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and is being adapted for the stage by the Unicorn and National Theatre. His second book, The Dark Wild, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Other titles include There May Be A Castle (People's Book Award finalist), which was adapted for the stage by the Little Angel Theatre, The Lost Magician (Teach Primary Book Award) and Midnight Treasure, the New Statesman Children's Book of the Year. He recently adapted The Box of Delights for the RSC. Other stage adaptations include Christmas Carol and The Wind in the Willows (Wilton's Music Hall).

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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.

A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure ... it could be the next big thing.

Gripping, original and memorable.

A magnetic adventure ... find yourself glued like tar to this satisfying, spine-tingling book.

Wildly inventive, moving and gripping.

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

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