Wildlands: Exclusive Edition
Paperback Published on: 06/03/2025
Price: £8.99
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Fantastically wild and real.
Set 25 years in the future, Wildlands follows 2 sisters as they need to survive alone in a wild area of Britain that’s been left to nature, and get back to... READ MORE
A wonderful gripping dystopian adventure
Wildlands is a middle-grade novel like no other. It is gripping, exciting, atmospheric, heartwarming and covers important themes through a utopian adventur... READ MORE
An environmental dystopian perfect for 9-14s!
Thoroughly enjoyed this dystopian middle grade and it's nice to see something to do with the environment, that's set in future, gracing the bookshop shelve... READ MORE
A gripping eco adventure!
I thought this was a great kids book! Near-future Britain has been rewilded and 2 sisters get stuck in the middle of the Wildlands. It covered some deep to... READ MORE
A lovely debut on morality and where the lines between humanity, nature and animals lay
Such a lovely concept and a book I do enjoy recommending to our 9-12 readers! I adored the characterisation of our two leads and the conflicts their differ... READ MORE
A wild read for all ages!
What a stunning read! I have a 8yr old nature enthusiast and David Attenborough fan, safe to say also Brogen Murphy fan now!
My children 8 and 10 were en... READ MORE
Synopsis
A utopian future.
A forbidden wilderness.
Two sisters trying to survive.
Twenty-five years into the future, no humans are allowed in the Wildlands – a vast area in Britain where wolves, lynx and bison roam free. The only exception is a high-speed train line between London and Glasgow that crosses right through the heart of the project. Thirteen-year-old Astrid and her little sister, Indie, are onboard when their train slows to a brief, unexpected stop … and they find themselves accidentally left behind. Stranded in this place of astonishing natural wonders and terrible dangers, they have only a rucksack, a phone without signal – and each other. As every wrong turn takes them deeper into the Wildlands, do they have the ingenuity and determination to survive?
'How far would YOU go to find your way home?'
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN: 9780241775660
- Number of pages: 416
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm
- Interest age: From 8 years
- Weight: 296g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allA fabulous, gripping adventure
Those of you who know me well will know that I read a lot of books but very often those that I pick up are read in short bursts, interspersed with scrollin... READ MORE
A Wild Ride
A great read. I hurtled through it like a high-tech train through the Wildlands!
The year is 2050. Imagine an area of northern England & southern Scot... READ MORE
Must read for adventure lovers!
I would definitely recommend this book for any adventure lovers! Every chapter leaves you hanging. I read it in four days because it was so good. Otis, 9
Equal parts gripping, touching and educational
Wildlands follows Astrid and Indie, two sisters who find themselves in perilous circumstances trying to survive in an untouched wilderness. Despite being w... READ MORE
A very important book for all to read!
The Wildlands is a vast, untouched haven for nature, where once-extinct species can thrive undisturbed by humans - with Lynx, Bears, Wolves, Boars & Bison ... READ MORE
A must read for kids and grown-ups too, brilliant!
Brilliant! I couldn’t put it down!
I love the whole world that Murphy has created. Kids, in fact all of us, need to read stories where the future is ho... READ MORE
the whole family enjoyed this one!
My kids and I loved this book. The sister dynamic felt very real and the personal growth journey of Astrid is really rooting for her. Beautiful to have mor... READ MORE
A brilliant YA book about hope, courage, love and rewilding
This is an incredible book. I just read it with my 10 year old and we both loved it and learnt so much. It's a great portrayal of what could happen if th... READ MORE
Adventure in the future...
This was donated by a Y6 child to our school and I knew that he and another y6 had been reading it at the same time so I thought I'd read it over half term... READ MORE