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When Things Went Wild
‘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?
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?
320 pages, Paperback
Published February 21, 2023
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July 1, 2025
#️⃣3️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ Read & Reviewed in 2025 🌀🌊💠
Date : 📬 Tuesday, July 1, 2025 🫧🛌
Word Count📃: 58k Words 🛢️✈️
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ʚ(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )ɞ My 2nd read in "Why is Lorde's latest album so bad" 🩻 July
4️⃣🌟, A NICE NEW ADDITION TO THE BEAUTY OF CHILDHOOD AND ADVENTURE
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@Prisha, dank u 4 da buddey READ !!!
So this is a VERY underrated gem of a middle grade book that is just a simple adventure story. It talks about Kit and his brother and his friend and that friend's sister and all of them went through an adventure regarding a missing eagle 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅. Then all of them going through goofy and silly adventures, basically a mini investigation with three major suspects and just THE IMMATURITY
AND THEEEE unserious aspects of this book really shines in that even though they may be going on grass shades and threatening the jump off a cliff, its all very amusement and has many mirth worthy moments of simplistic childish wonder. EVEN THE LITTLE MAGICAL prowess possessed by the eagles on the end of the story was a imaginative way of presenting the creativity and imagination of.,.,,.,people🫶. It's such a gem but i sort of doubt that if this is really considered to be a middle grade book because. THE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE IMPLICATIONS IN HERE ARE JUST,,. a bit too much for a middle grade book.
Date : 📬 Tuesday, July 1, 2025 🫧🛌
Word Count📃: 58k Words 🛢️✈️
𝜗𝜚⋆₊˚ 💧🥏🩻 ‹𝟹 𓇢𓆸 𓂂 𓇼˚｡ •
ʚ(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )ɞ My 2nd read in "Why is Lorde's latest album so bad" 🩻 July
4️⃣🌟, A NICE NEW ADDITION TO THE BEAUTY OF CHILDHOOD AND ADVENTURE
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@Prisha, dank u 4 da buddey READ !!!
So this is a VERY underrated gem of a middle grade book that is just a simple adventure story. It talks about Kit and his brother and his friend and that friend's sister and all of them went through an adventure regarding a missing eagle 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅. Then all of them going through goofy and silly adventures, basically a mini investigation with three major suspects and just THE IMMATURITY
AND THEEEE unserious aspects of this book really shines in that even though they may be going on grass shades and threatening the jump off a cliff, its all very amusement and has many mirth worthy moments of simplistic childish wonder. EVEN THE LITTLE MAGICAL prowess possessed by the eagles on the end of the story was a imaginative way of presenting the creativity and imagination of.,.,,.,people🫶. It's such a gem but i sort of doubt that if this is really considered to be a middle grade book because. THE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE IMPLICATIONS IN HERE ARE JUST,,. a bit too much for a middle grade book.
July 21, 2023
Very easy reading, and the story has loads of nice twists and turns until the mystery gets unravelled.
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