The Last Wild Trilogy: The Last Wild: Book 1
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By Piers Torday
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74 reviews
From the winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
This is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn’t know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:
1. There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.
2. They are talking to him.
3. His life will never be quite the same again…
Kester lives in a land in quarantine. A deadly virus has killed all the animals except pests and it’s expected to be equally dangerous to humans. But when Kester realises he can talk to the pests, he finds they have great hope invested in him.
A captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by readers of all ages.
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The Last Wild is a very entertaining and well described book. The character (I can't remember his name, oops) explores lots of different scenes that are varied and diverse. Animals and nature also play a huge role in this book and are one of the key elements to the book.
This book in 3 words: Creative, Fiction, Action-packed
Overall, this book is a great read for people in Y3 to Y6.
I was unsure about The Last Wild at first glance as it seemed a little strange. However, this ‘strangeness’ is what makes it such a good read, in my opinion. The dystopian setting hooked me in right away and I could easily imagine the children at our school loving the talking animals. Kester and Polly make fantastic central characters - I was truly rooting for them.
I liked all the mystery and how he does not know he can talk to animals at first but then he gets a big surprise when he starts talking to a cockroach.
It's an ok book, I think fairly average. For animal lovers (not me).
Awesome story recommend for adventure story lovers.
Awesome story recommend for adventure story lovers.
I think this was a very good book because it educates anyone who reads it about the danger of extinction. i cant' wait to read the rest of the series.
My favourite character was the stag. This is an adventure book and was exciting
Great!
Funny, exiting, suspensful and dramatic. I love the white pigeon.
A fantastic story that shows the journey of a boy discovering how to cope in the world he finds himself in. The are some brilliant characters and interactions in the book particularly between Kester and the animals.
It is better then the dark wild by far ,and it is a very good book.Piers Torday is a genius.
It was a good read - good concept. Now need to read next book for ending
This book is very heart warming and helps humans understand that we suffer a huge loss; animals dying out because of our actions
Epic Full of Adventure!
I really liked this book because it was an interesting concept for a book. I like the dystopia of a world with no animals and crops left. My favourite character was Sidney because she’s funny and a cat and I love cats. I like that it’s serious but there are some characters that lighten up the mood of it, I think it’s a good balance of serious with a little bit of silly. I would recommend this book to kids and teenagers who like animals, nature and adventure books.
This book was amazing! full of twists turns and surprises, brilliant, I highly recommend it
Amazing! A wonderfully told animal adventure story where a boy discovers he can communicate with animals but all animals have become extinct except for the pests. He ends up making friends with a bossy cockroach, a wolf-cub, a spoilt cat and a harvest mouse! Can he save the animals? Definitely read this book to find out.
Very suspenseful
This book was a fictional book.My favourite character would have to be the General. He was hilarious. This book was partly factual as it have some animal facts. I would recommend this to everyone who likes books.
I would defo recommend this to someone else. I've always wished I could talk to humans and I liked that Kester stayed with the animals long enough that he could talk to them.
The boy and the moose are insperatable
I rate this book at four because it was very interesting but I really wish that it had a very dark twist to it
I think this book full of adventure and my favorite person in this book Kester .It interest me because the back cover say some thing about pigeon(I like birdssssssss)
This was a long interesting book about a virus that killed all the animals.it show perseverance and love showing we need to look after animals.the ending is not really an ending.
What do you life would be without animals?
I love this book
It was not quite what I was expecting. A little sci-fi/dystopian (well, sci-fi pre 2020!) A virus has swept across the world (sound familiar?) and wiped out most animals. The main character (12 yrs old) is mute but discovers he can communicate with the last animals left.
Epic
l loved this book!
The red-eye disease has killed all the animals,
Only pests still survive alongside human beings.
That's what Kester thought anyway...
Until The Last Wild changes his life!
This is a very good book I would totally recommend it
