The last wild / Piers Torday.
"A hugely inventive adventure."--Eoin Colfer, New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series In a world where animals are slowly fading into extinction, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes feels as if he hardly exists either. He's been locked away in a home for troubled children and is unable to speak a word. Then one night, a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach come to help him escape, and he discovers that he can speak--to them. And the animals need him. Only Kester, with the aid of a stubborn, curious girl named Polly, can help them survive. The animals saved Kester. But can he save them? "When ninety-nine pigeons smash through the windows of Kester's prison and carry him North to the last of the animals.... it's a moment as thrilling as when James flies off in the Giant Peach. Highly recommended"--The Times (UK) "Combines a great fondness for animals with an appreciation of the freakish.... The reserved narrative tone and tender yet peculiar view of animals give this piece its own offbeat flavor."--Kirkus Reviews "Alternately somber, thrilling, and silly."--Publishers Weekly
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593676295
- ISBN: 0593676297
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (7 hr., 57 min., 45 sec.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Listening Library, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Release date supplied by publisher. Recording originally produced by Pengiun Audio, p2014. "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Oliver Hembrough. |
Target Audience Note: | 8 years and up. Middle Grade. |
Source of Description Note: | Hard copy version record. |
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