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The Last Wild

by Piers Torday

Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+

Published by Quercus Books, 2013

  • Adventure
  • Dystopia

About this book

In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he's told there's something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he's finally gone a bit mad. But the animals have something to say…

An unusual and exciting story that takes the reader on an adventure to save the last of the animals, including a cockroach called Major, a wise stag, a dancing harvest mouse and a pigeon with a peculiar way of speaking. Highly recommended for readers in Year 5 and 6.

About the author

Piers Torday was born in Northumberland, which is possibly the one part of England where more animals live than people. After school and university he worked as a producer and writer in theatre, live comedy and TV, including developing comedy shows like Argumental for Dave and the recent  Boom Town for BBC Three.

Piers' father is the celebrated author Paul Torday, who wrote Salmon Fishing in the Yemen at the age of 59. This inspired Piers to start writing himself, and The Last Wild was born, which has now sold in over 11 countries worldwide. The sequel, The Dark Wild, was published in 2014. Piers now lives in London, where there are more animals than you might think.

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