Running Wild and Wildland – two reviews by 10-year-old Noor

Reviewer Bio – My name is Noor, I am a ten -year -old girl. I love playing sports, especially Football. I also love cats and I have a pet cat named Mia. Here are my two reviews.

Title:  Running Wild

Author:  Micheal Morpurgo

Genre:  Adventure

Summary: This story is about a young boy called Will who goes on holiday with his mum to try and forget the memories of a tragic incident, that has changed their lives forever.

Whilst on holiday, Will is riding an elephant named Oona when a Tsunami hits. Oona instinctively runs away from the sea and towards the jungle, but she doesn’t stop running.  Will is desperate and scared and has no idea what has become of his mother who he left behind on the beach before Oona ran.

Will has to learn how to communicate and work with Oona to survive his new life in the jungle. Will he live the rest of his life there with Oona? Or will he eventually return home? And what is left of home for Will? 

Verdict: I enjoyed this book because the plot has lots of twists and turns. I enjoyed the descriptions of the jungle and the animals. I am a big fan of Micheal Morpurgo’s writing style.

The chapters where quite long and I would have liked it if they were shorter.

I would score this book 10/10.

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Title: Wildlands

Author: Brogan Murphy

Genre: Children’s Fiction

Summary: This book is about the survival of two sisters who fall off a passenger train that runs through the middle of a wild land. All they have with them is a rucksack, a bar of chocolate, a bottle of water, a mobile phone without signal and one another.

This story is about survival in the wild. Will the sisters ever make it home again?

Verdict: I found this book really difficult to put down. The story was really interesting from the moment I picked it up. I especially liked the part of the story where the sisters fall off the train and realise, they are all alone in the wild, with barely any belongings. I liked the fast pace of the book and the length of the chapters.

I would score it 10/10.

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