The Wild Way Home

By: Sophie Kirtley

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Paperback | 9 July 2020

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256 Pages

Age
9 - 11

Dimensions(cm)
19.5 x 12 x 1.5

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When Charlie's longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie's world is turned upside down. Upset and afraid, Charlie flees the hospital and makes for the ancient forest on the edge of town. There Charlie finds a boy floating face-down in the stream, injured, but alive. But when Charlie sets off back to the hospital to fetch help, it seems the forest has changed. It's become a place as strange and wild as the boy dressed in deerskins. For Charlie has unwittingly fled into the Stone Age, with no way to help the boy or return to the present day. Or is there?

What follows is a wild, big-hearted adventure as Charlie and the Stone Age boy set out together to find what they have lost – their courage, their hope, their family and their way home.

Fans of Piers Torday and Stig of the Dump will love this wild, wise and heartfelt debut adventure.

About the Author

Sophie Kirtley grew up in Northern Ireland, where she spent her childhood climbing on hay bales, rolling down sand-dunes and leaping the raw Atlantic waves. Nowadays she lives in Wiltshire with her husband, three children and their mini-menagerie of pets and wild things. Sophie has always loved stories: she has taught English, and has worked in a theatre, a bookshop and a tiny pub where folk tell fairytales by candlelight.
Sophie is also a prize-winning published poet. This is Sophie's debut novel.

Industry Reviews

“This thrilling time-slip adventure oozes magic and heart”
Bookseller Editor's Choice

“So good I read it twice”
Hilary McKay author of The Skylarks' War

“I loved this unique quirky story full of heart”
Jasbinder Bilan author of Asha and the Spirit Bird

“Delivers in spades. It made me laugh, cry, gasp and turn the pages for one more chapter every time I had to stop”
Nizrana Farook author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

“With echoes of Skellig, this story is so smoothly told I barely stopped. A really powerful debut and definitely a must in every school library”
Fleur Hitchcock for Waterstones Bookseller Reviews

“Reminiscent of Skellig and Stig of the Dump, The Wild Way Home is a lovely time-slip adventure full of heart, family and finding your feet when times are tough”
Anna Fargher author of Umbrella Mouse

“An exciting debut that takes us on a timeslip adventure into the deep past, where survival is at the point of a spear and family is the only thing you have to hold onto”
A.F. Harrold

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