Dark Wild: Book 2, The

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. – Katherine RundellA darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure … it could be the next big thing. – Eoin ColferGripping, original and memorable. – Francesca SimonA magnetic adventure … find yourself glued like tar to this satisfying, spine-tingling book. – Samuel H. (aged 10)Wildly inventive, moving and gripping. – Frank Cottrell BoyceA 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 *Splendid stuff – Eva IbbotsonAn amazing story * The Guardian *The sequel had better come soon. * Observer *‘A fantastic example of how a book for children can be serious without preaching … a sobering parable about our attitude to the natural world’ Gillian Cross, author. * Gillian Cross *‘A page-turner’ The Telegraph. * Telegraph *‘An excellent, punchy adventure’ Financial Times. * Financial Times *‘Standout winner … effortlessly holds his readers’ attention’ Julia Eccleshare, Guardian. * Guardian *‘The definition of a good read’ The Bookbag. * Bookbag *‘Wildly inventive, moving and gripping’ Frank Cottrell Boyce. * Frank Cottrell Boyce *

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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