The Book Depository The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley
615 ratings
TO EXPLORE MORE
Price: £6.99
Brand: The Book Depository
Description: The Wild Way Home : Paperback : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 9781526616289 : : 01 Jul 2020 : An unforgettable middle-grade adventure about courage and family that will plunge you back into the Stone Age. and then lead you home. Perfect for fans of Piers Torday and Stig of the Dump. The Book Depository The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9781526616289
MPN: 9781526616289
GTIN: 9781526616289
Author: Andrew Guile
Rating: 5
Review: I haven’t finished many books in recent years that I wanted to start all over again. This is a truly beautifully written children’s book. Charlie Merriam lives next to a wood where he plays with his friends. But, when his brother is born with a heart defect, Charlie flees into the woods to try to outrun his emotions. He stumbles upon an ancient tooth with a hole in the middle that transports him back to the Stone Age where he meets a boy called Harby and Harby has troubles of his own. Charlie embarks on a journey of growth and revelation in a strange yet familiar forest. It’s a story about life, about how it can be cruel to us and how we get through those tough times . . . together. This is, without a doubt, the most touching and heartfelt tale I have read in many years with a message that is needed in these trying times that we are living through. Just wonderful.
Author: Puku
Rating: 3
Review: In parts the writing in this book is beautiful, you could paint pictures from the descriptions of the landscape which is clearly a place the author knows well. If you are looking for a story for a child who has an ill baby at home then this is the book for you. However, if you want a book about the Mesolithic then give it a skip. The Mesolithic doesn't even get a look in until you are 30% through the book. The author has represented the people of that time in a very babyish way particularly in terms of the language. These are anatomically modern people with the same brain structure as you or I, so either make it impossible for the two characters to understand each other fully or not at all. Life in the Mesolithic is glossed over as those she has done enough homework not to make the most common mistakes but not enough for a good grade. Ever tried picking up a pebble to sharpen a spear? It doesn't work, you need a sharp surface to do that. The only scene that seem remotely accurate was the fishing but again it is lacking in detail, is it fishing, using a spear or tickling the fish. The best thing I can say about it in terms of the period - it doesn't include mammoths, as they were extinct by the Mesolithic in the location the story is set.
