The Wild Kid

By Harry Mazer

"Can I go home now?"
After his bike gets stolen, twelve-year-old Sammy gets lost in the woods near his home. He stumbles upon the makeshift hideaway of the "wild kid" named Kevin, who has run away from reform school. Will this strongly independent tough let Sammy get home to his family? Can they both survive in the unforgiving wilderness?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Release date: Jul 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9780689848780

Harry Mazer

Harry Mazer is the author of many books for young readers, including Please, Somebody Tell Me Who I Am; My Brother Abe; the Boy at War trilogy; The Wild Kid; The Dog in the Freezer; The Island Keeper; and Snow Bound. His books have won numerous honors, including a Horn Book honor and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults citation. Along with his wife, Norma Fox Mazer, Harry received an ALAN award in 2003 for outstanding contribution to adolescent literature. He lives in Montpelier, Vermont.

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Reviews for The Wild Kid

[themightyquinn · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Sammy, a mentally challenged boy, gets lost in the woods where he accidentally meets a wild kid, Kevin, who keeps him prisoner a short while before the boys become friends. I applaud Mazer's effort in making a disabled character his protagonist, but frown on his diagnosis. Sammy is meant to have Downs Syndrome, but either Sammy is one of the highest functioning, mild cases of Downs ever or Mazer didn't get enough information before writing. Mazer's relationship with the natural world is spot on, as always, and the male bonding between two socially challenged boys is real. 3rd through 5th grades, some girls, but mostly boys.