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Paperback
Published: 27th May 2010
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Published: 16th June 2024
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Running Wild
By (Author) Michael Morpurgo
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
27th May 2010
United Kingdom
Primary and Secondary Educational
Fiction
823.914
Winner of Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Children's Book of the Year 2010
Paperback
352
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 26mm
330g
The epic and heart-rending jungle adventure from the nations favourite storyteller Michael Morpurgo.
For Will and his mother, going to Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them things like the death of Will's father.
And to begin with, it seems to be just what they both needed. But then Oona, the elephant Will is riding on the beach, begins acting strangely, shying away from the sea. And that's when the tsunami comes crashing in, and Oona begins to run. Except that when the tsunami is gone, Oona just keeps on running.
With nothing on his back but a shirt and nothing to sustain him but a bottle of water, Will must learn to survive deep in the jungle. Luckily, though, he's not completely alone
He's got Oona.
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children. He has written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Whitbread Award. His recent bestselling novels include Shadow', A Medal for Leroy' and Little Manfred'. His novel War Horse' has been successfully adapted as a West End and Broadway theatre play and a major film by Steven Spielberg. A former Children's Laureate, Michael is also the co-founder, with his wife Clare, of the charity Farms for City Children.