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The Wild Way Home

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The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley

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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?

Reviews

14 Dec 2024

liked the friendship between Charlie and Harley but it went on a bit too much for me

07 Jul 2024

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!

10 Feb 2024

Amazing And Interesting

22 Jan 2024

Very good book, really interesting. Brilliant

26 Sep 2023

I love this book because it has lots of words and it has a good setting discretion.

18 Sep 2023

I really enjoyed this for so many reasons.
one to consider in class, instead of or alongside ‘Stig of the Dump’

01 Sep 2023

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.

28 Aug 2023

Brilliant

15 Aug 2023

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.

11 Aug 2023

I liked this book

30 Jul 2023

It was alright

24 Jul 2023

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.

22 Jun 2023

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

31 May 2023

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

13 Sep 2022

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

06 Sep 2022

I really enjoyed this book

02 Sep 2022

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.

31 Aug 2022

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.

28 Aug 2022

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

25 Aug 2022

This is a brilliant book. Some difficult and upsetting themes explored so highly suggest reading before sharing aloud.

23 Aug 2022

It was amazing.some parts are sad but it is so cool .you should read this glorious,scary and adventurous book.

21 Aug 2022

It was quite exiting.
My favourite character was Mothga because she is cute.

20 Aug 2022

Really enjoyed this book! An excellent adventure that sensitively deals with possible 'lived experiences' for some children reading it.

09 Aug 2022

It was great just a bit scary at times but fine

04 Aug 2022

It was an adventurous book about finding your way home .

04 Aug 2022

It related to my topic in school. It’s really confusing but funny!

03 Aug 2022

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.

28 Jul 2022

Charlie has to save Mothga, take Hartboy home, survive and go home.

20 Jul 2022

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.

05 Jun 2022

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.

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