When Things Went Wild

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Kit and his family have moved from Nottingham to the Scottish Highlands and to say it’s a culture shock is putting it mildly. The wi-fi is practically non-existent, the neighbours like shooting things, and he’s overwhelmed by the ‘bigness’ of the landscape. When his little brother Jack finds the tag from a missing Golden Eagle, Kit decides to investigate the crime for his school project.

This causes some raised eyebrows as the finger of suspicion points firmly at Kit’s neighbours, a local farmer, a very bad-tempered gamekeeper and the local landowner, who happens to be dad to the school’s most popular pupil, Tamora. The stakes get higher when Kit discovers a pair of Golden Eagles on their eyrie.

With help from Tamora, Kit sets out to protect the eagles which involves him and Jack in some pretty risky situations, not least a gallop across the heather on the back of Tamora’s horse.

A whodunnit with a very effective environmental theme, this is also very funny, Kit’s comic commentary prompts lots of laughs as will some of the situations in which he finds himself. A thoroughly enjoyable read with a strong plot, great characters and lots of laughs.

Reviewed by Andrea Reece
Andrea Reece has spent almost her entire working life in children’s books, first as publisher, latterly as consultant, project manager and critic.
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About When Things Went Wild

A hilarious whodunit adventure for readers aged 9+ from the author of Escape from Camp Boring.

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