The Wild Ones

Written by Steve Cole

Abandoned in an emptied city, a band of shelter pets must brave the wild streets to find safety.

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224 pages· ~720L· AR ~4.6

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After a cataclysmic event empties their city of people, Scamp and the other animals in a pet shelter wait for their keeper, Pam. When she never comes, Scamp must lead two dogs, a rabbit, a parrot, a mean cat and two tiny hamsters out through an abandoned city where wilder animals roam, in search of a new safe place.

From the publisher

In a city evacuated by humans after a cataclysmic event, the animals in a pet shelter must bravely venture out into a changed world… and make their way to a safer place. A thrilling adventure perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate, I Am Rebel, Kate DiCamillo, Last Kids on Earth, and Rosanne Parry.”Steve Cole is a master storyteller. Prepare to meet your new favourite bunch of scrappy animals.” – Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl seriesScamp and the other animals in the pet shelter are very used to their routine. Their human, Pam, takes good care of them. Even as strange and dangerous things have happened outside the store, the animals have remained safe and protected.Then one day Pam doesn’t show up. Suddenly the animals are now on their own. And in order to survive, they are going to have to go outside and find a new safe place.Scamp must lead the animals – two dogs, a rabbit, a parrot, a mean cat, and two tiny hamsters – on a survival adventure through an abandoned city, where other, wilder animals roam free. It’s a fur-raising, twist-and-turn-filled journey in a world gone… wild.

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