When Things Went Wild

Tom Mitchell

ISBN 10: 0008403538 / ISBN 13: 9780008403539

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2022

About this Item

?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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When Things Went Wild
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008403538
• ISBN 13: 9780008403539
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

‘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?

About the Author

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 Kent with his wife, Nicky, and sons, Dylan and Jacob. He has written six middle-grade novels for HarperCollins Children's Books, with the latest being FIRST KID IN SPACE