Wild

Ever since Jack's dad died, he's had a heavy feeling inside. The pressure keeps building. Looking for release, he starts skiving school and hanging around with a group who like to cause trouble. It's easy to hide his new habits from his mum, an environmental anthropologist, because she's too busy with work and conservation trips to notice. As Jack spins further out of control, his mum eventually becomes concerned - and shocks him by suggesting a trip together. But this will be no relaxing holiday. Soon Jack finds himself on an expedition deep into the rainforest, far from anything he's ever known. He wanted an adventure - but has he plunged into real danger?

About the author

Ele Fountain worked as an editor in children's publishing where she helped launch and nurture the careers of many prize-winning and bestselling authors. Ele's debut novel, Boy 87 (published in the US as Refugee 87), won four awards and was nominated for nine more, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Her novel Fake garnered teh 2024-2025 Sunshine State Award for Young Readers. She lives in Hampshire with her husband and two daughters.

Summary

A moving, page-turning novel about a family's grief and the crisis afflicting the rainforest, from the prize-winning author of Fake and Boy 87.

Product details

• Authors: Ele Fountain
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.05.2023
• EAN: 9781782693840
• ISBN: 978-1-78269-384-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment, Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Activism & Social Justice, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world