Running Wild
🐘🌊🍃❤️
by Michael Morpurgo
★★★★★
At a glance
✍🏼 Author: Michael Morpurgo
📅 Release Date: 2009
📚 Book type: Illustrated chapter, 352 pages
🌟 Reader level: Confident, 8+
Blurb
After his father is killed in Iraq, a surprise trip to Indonesia seems the perfect escape for Will and his mum. That is, until the elephant he is riding along the beach, Oona, spooks. As Will sees a huge wave crashing in, Oona runs into the jungle with Will holding on for dear life.
With nothing but the clothes on his back and both parents surely lost, Will wonders if there is much left for him in the world. But with Oona beside him, the jungle might turn out not to be so lonely . . .
Review by Eido
I listened to Tunning Wild because I was looking for a new audiobook and it really took me by surprise how much I loved it! The front cover was also wildly enchanting. A boy on an elephant in the Indonesian jungle... fancy that!
I would describe this book as a magnificent page-turner, deeply enchanting as well. It's as if you are a spirit lingering just metres behind him, or an orangutan swinging from branch to branch, getting the bird's eye view while following him on his journey.
I loved this book because it's about a boy who very barely survived the Boxing Day tsunami on an elephant. It's also because it's a mix of reality and slight fiction. The way Michael Morpurgo really clasps your hand and brings you along on the adventure is truly mind-boggling!
What stood out the most to me was that it goes from a devastating experience to a gorgeous one, and from then on it bumps gradually up and down like a heart rate.
I would recommend this book to Year 4+ and brave and ready readers who don't get upset easily.
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