The Last Wild
The Last Wild by Piers Torday, published by Penguin in 2014, is a reprint edition featuring 322 pages in English. This story unfolds in a world devoid of animals, where twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes feels isolated and misunderstood in a home for troubled children. His life takes a turn when he encounters a group of talking pigeons and a commanding cockroach, leading him to a hidden realm where the last surviving creatures await his assistance.
Readers will find an engaging narrative that follows Kester as he embarks on a significant journey alongside a wise stag, an enthusiastic wolf cub, a military-trained cockroach, a ritualistic mouse, and a determined girl named Polly. The story explores themes of adventure and the environment, as Kester discovers his role in a world that desperately needs him. This edition invites readers into a blend of fantasy and humor, showcasing the importance of connection between humans and animals in a dystopian setting.
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In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he’s told there’s something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he’s finally gone crazy. But the animals have something to say. And they need him. The pigeons fly Kester to a wild place where the last creatures in the land have survived. A wise stag needs Kester’s help, and together they must embark on a great journey, joined along the way by an overenthusiastic wolf cub, a military-trained cockroach, a mouse with a ritual for everything, and a stubborn girl named Polly. The animals saved Kester Jaynes. But can Kester save the animals?
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