The Last Wild
Written by Piers Torday
Narrated by Oliver Hembrough
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Piers Torday
Piers Torday was born in Northumberland, which is possibly the one part of England where more animals live than people. After working as a producer and writer in theatre, live comedy and TV, he now lives in London – where there are more animals that you might think. The Last Wild is followed by the sequel (and concluding volume) The Dark Wild. You can find out more about Piers and follow his blog at www.pierstorday.co.uk.
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Reviews for The Last Wild
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An enjoyable eco-adventure set in a future England with strong human and animal characters: Kester Jaynes, Polly, the "General" cockroach, pigeons, the stag, a wolf-cub, a harvest mouse and more. Kester can speak to animals, but not people. Polly is not afraid to speak for all. Together, they become ambassadors for the rights of animals and humans, braving dangers and opening the way to truth. A map helps readers follow the characters' travels. I look forward to reading the sequel.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thoroughly enjoyed this inventive action packed dystopian children's book that brought up moral issues surrounding our relationships with animals, the earth, and human greed.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kester lives in a facility run by a large corporation. In his world, all the animals are dead, killed by a disease known as the redeye. All the foodstuffs and plants that might have fed the animals have been destroyed so any remaining animals would starve. The people live on a manufactured formula. Separated from his family, Kester lives a miserable limited existance, until he finds himself talking to a cockroach. Escaping the facility, he finds himself out in the wilderness with a group of surviving animals.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5children's middlegrade fantasy with sci-fi elements. almost 13-year-old boy discovers he can talk to animals and then is tasked with saving them and the last wild place with the help of his scientist dad and by uncovering the truth about the disease that has brought about the collapse of society and those who have since taken power. I found myself skipping the descriptive bits to get to the dialogue parts (either it is a little slow, or I am just impatient right now).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A really gripping and engaging dystopian book, for the quite young! How fine!