When Things Went Wild by Tom Mitchell Paperback Book

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'Mitchell is well aware of what will make kids laugh. An observant and captivatingly funny story' Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week A hilarious adventure for readers aged 9+ from the author of Escape from Camp Boring. When Things Went Wild is also a timely call to protect our environment.

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'Mitchell is well aware of what will make kids laugh. An observant and captivatingly funny story'Sunday Times Children's Book of the WeekA hilarious adventure for readers aged 9+ from the author of Escape from Camp Boring. When Things Went Wild is also a timely call to protect our environment.When Kit's family move to a crumbling house in the Scottish Highlands, he's got a lot to deal with – terrible Wi-Fi, a new school in the middle of nowhere, and, as always, his annoying little brother, Jack. But it's not until the brothers find a strange object on the moors that Kit's problems really begin.A policewoman comes knocking, and the boys learn that they have found a tracker that has been removed from the leg of a golden eagle. The illegal killing of these majestic birds is all too common, and now a pair of nesting eagles are under threat. Kit and Jack start to investigate, soon joined by Tamora – the most popular girl in school – and her younger sister, Bea.Who is trying to harm the eagles, and why? Chief suspects are landowner Lord Cavendish, local farmer McNab and sinister game keeper Mosby . . . Can the city kids cope with the country – and catch the culprit?

Author Biography

Tom Mitchell is mostly a dad, partly a teacher and sometimes a writer. He grew up in the West Country and settled in London after a brief interlude in the East Midlands. He lives in Orpington with his wife, Nicky, and sons, Dylan and Jacob. In 2015 Tom's Twitter account was one of twenty-five worldwide invited to have its tweets showcased in the Twitter Fiction Festival. He has had comedy sketches performed for BBC Radio 4, both nonfiction and fiction pieces published on The Classical and Londonist websites, and was a semi-finalist in the UK's Channel 4-organised search for new writing, The Play's the Thing. HOW TO ROB A BANK was his first novel.

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'Mitchell is well aware of what will make kids laugh. An observant and captivatingly funny story' Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week A hilarious adventure for readers aged 9+ from the author of Escape from Camp Boring. When Things Went Wild is also a timely call to protect our environment. When Kit's family move to a crumbling house in the Scottish Highlands, he's got a lot to deal with - terrible Wi-Fi, a new school in the middle of nowhere, and, as always, his annoying little brother, Jack. But it's not until the brothers find a strange object on the moors that Kit's problems really begin. A policewoman comes knocking, and the boys learn that they have found a tracker that has been removed from the leg of a golden eagle. The illegal killing of these majestic birds is all too common, and now a pair of nesting eagles are under threat. Kit and Jack start to investigate, soon joined by Tamora - the most popular girl in school - and her younger sister, Bea. Who is trying to harm the eagles, and why? Chief suspects are landowner Lord Cavendish, local farmer McNab and sinister game keeper Mosby . . . Can the city kids cope with the country - and catch the culprit?

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'Mitchell is well aware of what will make kids laugh. An observant and captivatingly funny story' Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week A hilarious adventure for readers aged 9+ from the author of Escape from Camp Boring. When Things Went Wild is also a timely call to protect our environment. When Kit's family move to a crumbling house in the Scottish Highlands, he's got a lot to deal with - terrible Wi-Fi, a new school in the middle of nowhere, and, as always, his annoying little brother, Jack. But it's not until the brothers find a strange object on the moors that Kit's problems really begin. A policewoman comes knocking, and the boys learn that they have found a tracker that has been removed from the leg of a golden eagle. The illegal killing of these majestic birds is all too common, and now a pair of nesting eagles are under threat. Kit and Jack start to investigate, soon joined by Tamora - the most popular girl in school - and her younger sister, Bea. Who is trying to harm the eagles, and why? Chief suspects are landowner Lord Cavendish, local farmer McNab and sinister game keeper Mosby . . . Can the city kids cope with the country - and catch the culprit? Gold title Competition: That Time I Got Kidnapped;The;Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates;Kid Who Came From Space;Runaway Robot;Millions;Taylor Turbochaser;Future Friend;High Rise Mystery;Holes;The Last Bear;. by;David Baddiel;Jenny Pearson;Frank Cottrell Boyce;Ross Welford;Eoin Colfer;David Solomons;Jo Simmons

Details ISBN0008403538 Author Tom Mitchell Pages 320 Year 2022 ISBN-10 0008403538 ISBN-13 9780008403539 Publication Date 2022-07-07 UK Release Date 2022-07-07 Format Paperback Imprint HarperCollins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience Age 9-13 Illustrator Andy Elkerton Edited by Eric H. Bernicker Birth 1974 Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Position journalist Qualifications Ph.D. Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008403546 DEWEY 823.92 Audience Children / Juvenile AU Release Date 2023-04-27 NZ Release Date 2023-04-27 We've got this

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