The Wild Way Home

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By Sophie Kirtley
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153 reviews
When Charlie’s longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie’s world is turned upside down. Upset and afraid, Charlie flees the hospital and makes for the ancient forest on the edge of town. There Charlie finds a boy floating face-down in the stream, injured, but alive. But when Charlie sets off back to the hospital to fetch help, it seems the forest has changed. It’s become a place as strange and wild as the boy dressed in deerskins. For Charlie has unwittingly fled into the Stone Age, with no way to help the boy or return to the present day. Or is there?
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liked the friendship between Charlie and Harley but it went on a bit too much for me
I loved this book because it was very adventurous .My favourite character in this book is Charlie Merriam because I under stand his feeling about his baby brother Dara .But I thought the way Harby spoke was really funny!
Amazing And Interesting
Very good book, really interesting. Brilliant
I love this book because it has lots of words and it has a good setting discretion.
I really enjoyed this for so many reasons.
one to consider in class, instead of or alongside ‘Stig of the Dump’
I liked this book a lot because a wolf dies and his baby brother has a problem with his heart so he runs away. It is really boring at the start and it gets more realistic at the end.
Brilliant
Charlie has been wishing for a baby brother or sister for as long as he can remember but when baby Dara arrives with a serious heart condition in time for Charlie’s 12th birthday Charlie is filled with over whelming fear and runs away back to the forest at the end of his garden. Once there Charlie’s realises that all is not as it should be, time is not as it should be and Charlie is now back in the Stone Age. Many aspects of the forest are familiar whilst many more are filled with danger. Through a new friendship with Stone Age boy Harby, Charlie learns to not only face danger but also fear and once finally back in his own time he’s ready. A great story for coming to terms with, confronting and overcoming fear.
I liked this book
It was alright
When Charlie’s baby brother Dara is born with a problem in his heart, Charlie RUNS. Runs to the forest with its sheltering leaves that shut out the trouble and hurt and fear. But in the forest is a boy lying in the river, breathing, though only just. And when Charlie goes for help, the forest has changed. Now it’s vast and strange. Something ancient. Something WILD. And Charlie is a long way from home. An unforgettable adventure about courage, hope, family and finding your way.
Used to teach creative writing to a year 3 class in my student teaching. A lovely book that opens the minds of such young readers
I liked it very much so many adventures and curiousity I liked Dara very much she sounds like a good kid would recommend someone who loves reading as much as I do
I liked this book and how the past and the present were both represented throughout the story. The characters were easy to relate to and showed both differences and similarities between them. I would recommend this book
I really enjoyed this book
Loved this book. Liked the short, sharp chapters. Perfect for our Stone Age topic and portal stories.
I was hooked. Dealt with sensitive issues in a considerate way.
I really liked this book, its about going back in time to another era. I also like it because it mixed fiction with real history. Harby is a great character because he teaches Charlie (and me) all the stoneage ways and he is adventurous.
It’s ok but quite scary I recommend this to anyone who like scary story’s it’s had lots of descriptions so I gave it a 3
This is a brilliant book. Some difficult and upsetting themes explored so highly suggest reading before sharing aloud.
It was amazing.some parts are sad but it is so cool .you should read this glorious,scary and adventurous book.
It was quite exiting.
My favourite character was Mothga because she is cute.
Really enjoyed this book! An excellent adventure that sensitively deals with possible 'lived experiences' for some children reading it.
It was great just a bit scary at times but fine
It was an adventurous book about finding your way home .
It related to my topic in school. It’s really confusing but funny!
This is a wonderful book set in modern day and The Stone Age. A boy called Charlie celebrates his birthday by welcoming a new baby brother. However, he’s not sure whether he’s happy about having a new brother and gets upset when his brother arrives. He runs away from his friends and family and is transported by the Spirit Stone back in time to the Stone Age. Charlie meets Harby and they go on a journey of discovery. This book is about friendship, family and appreciating what you have. Overall it was A great book to read and I’m looking forward to sharing it with my Y3 class in September.
Charlie has to save Mothga, take Hartboy home, survive and go home.
This lovely fiction book is full of adventure and self discovery for its main character, Charlie.
After Charlie is frightened by what the future might hold, he is transported back to the stone age, where he meets someone else that is in the same situation as him, but 6000 years ago.
A lovely heartwarming story of family and bravery.
I enjoyed all the twists and turns and mysteries. It made me fell sad at some parts but it was mostly enjoying. I would like it to have a sequel.