The Wild Way Home

By (author) Kirtley, Sophie
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''So good I read it twice'' - Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks'' War ''This thrilling time-slip adventure oozes magic and heart'' - Bookseller EDITOR''S CHOICE 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.
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The Wild Way Home echoes Skellig and Stig of the Dump, with a bold, readable charm entirely its own ... Full of peril, sadness and wild joy, it’s a timeslip adventure with a difference.
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Underpinning this action-packed debut is a sensitive portrayal of how a child’s fear of illness and change can be overcome by helping others and facing up to the truth.
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This thrilling time-slip adventure oozes magic and heart
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So good I read it twice
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I loved this unique quirky story full of heart
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An enchanting debut
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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
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Delivers in spades. It made me laugh, cry, gasp and turn the pages for one more chapter every time I had to stop
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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
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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
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Gorgeously magical and achingly real. I loved every character in this book and I devoured the whole story in a breathless rush because I couldn''t stop reading (even when it made me cry)
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A beautiful story of things ancient and eternal. Kirtley convincingly creates and navigates the difficult landscapes of both Stone Age Ireland and contemporary family life in this big-hearted, gripping debut.
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A tense, emotionally charged time-slip story … deeply moving and at times heart-breaking. Coming soon and eminently worth the wait
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It is a heart-warming, magical book that has family, friendship and overcoming difficulties at its core. I couldn’t put it down!
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A captivating story of self-discovery and realising what is truly important in life
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Perfect for an UKS2 Stone Age topic, or for a nature or history lover, this world was immersive and believable and characters, settings and plot line were written with extraordinary attention to detail. Beautiful!
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Fans of Stig of the Dump or Michelle Paver’s Wolf Brother series will very much enjoy Sophie Kirtley’s vivid, exciting and heart-warming Stone Age timeslip story… Kirtley portrays the emotional truths of her story with equal skill, making that Charlie’s sense of l