Wild Boy, Mary Losure
Wild Boy, Mary Losure
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Wild Boy
The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron

Author: Mary Losure

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 1 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/12/2013

Synopsis

One day, villagers from Lacaune, in the mountains of southern France, returned from the woods with a startling story. They’d glimpsed a naked boy digging in the leaves. A year later—in 1798—the strange, scarred boy appeared again, and this time woodsmen captured him and marched him down the mountain to the village square, where everyone crowded around to take in the spectacle. And so began the curious public life of the boy known as the Savage of Aveyron, whose journey took him all the way to Paris.In a moving work of nonfiction that flows like a novel, the acclaimed author of The Fairy Ring invests another compelling story from history with vivid and arresting new life.

About Mary Losure

Mary Losure, author of The Fairy Ring, has contributed to Minnesota Public Radio and National Public Radio. About Wild Boy, she says, “I think deep in everybody’s heart, there’s a part that longs to be wild. And here was a boy who really was.” Mary Losure lives with her husband in Minnesota.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on February 13, 2013

Ambivalent but true. Victor, the wild child, was captured - or he was rescued - in the Aveyron district of Southern France in 1800, and his assimilation was an arduous, eventful, and not altogether successful experiment. This luminous account finally asks more questions than it answers ("I wonder wh......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on October 10, 2016

Touching and heartbreaking true story of French boy found in the wild. Told with passionate illustrations. Masterful compositions. Don't know if kids will connect with the mc's story, but a tale well told, beautiful and haunting.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on June 11, 2018

Interesting! I wonder what would happen to a wild child found today!......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on September 19, 2019

The art makes this book alive and emotionally resonant. I found this book during research on the topic, though an older book, recognized the author/illustrator's name, and just noticed how much this art reminds me of another of my favorite painter/picture book illustrators - Robert Andrew Parker.. t......more

Goodreads review by Maughn on November 30, 2020

Gareth Matthews' philosophical review of this amazing book is available from the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children here: [URL not allowed]......more

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