By Barbara Henderson (author)
"In a nutshell: action-packed adventure on a remote Scottish island."
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Scottish islands have provided the background for some great adventures recently, from Geraldine McCaughrean's Carnegie winner Where the World Ends to Julia Green's To the Edge of the World and Kerr Thomson's The Sound of Whales . Barbara Henderson takes readers to just such a remote island and stages a tense and exciting confrontation between humanity - represented by the narrator, Em, her family and others involved in the creation of a new luxury hotel - and nature, represented by the island's furred and feathered inhabitants.
There's a very good sense of the wild and scary power of the natural world, and it puts human behaviour in the spotlight too. Em is a strong central character, a good companion for readers throughout her intriguing, often scary adventure.
In a daze, I take it all in: the wind, the leaden skies, the churning moody sea. And, far in the distance, a misty outline. Skelsay. Wilderness haven. Building-site. Luxury-retreat-to-be. And now, home.
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When her father’s construction work takes Em’s family to the uninhabited island of Skelsay, she is excited, but also a little uneasy. Soon Em and her friend Zac realise that the setbacks, mishaps and accidents on the island point to something altogether more sinister: the wilderness all around them has declared war.
Danger lurks everywhere. But can Em and Zac persuade the adults to believe it before it’s too late?
Wilderness Wars slow-builds menace from its nail-biting opening to its stunning apocalyptic climax. is is a golden eagle of a book — it grabs you in its talons and won’t let go. A thought-provoking and often frightening study of what happens when you mess with Nature and Nature decides to fight back. And how faith, family and friendship can forge the right path. Olivia Levez, Author of The Island and The Circus
Inverness-based Barbara Henderson is the author of historical novels Fir for Luck and Punch. Her energetic school visits are increasingly taking her across the length and breadth of Scotland, and sometimes beyond. As a Drama teacher, she loves to get young people on their feet as they respond to stories.
‘Writing is like magic,’ she says. ‘I see something in my imagination, and I try to capture it by writing it down—nothing more than black marks on white paper. Much later, young people see these black marks on white paper and suddenly they see something too, feel something of their own. I cannot think of anything more special than that.’ Barbara shares her home with three teenage children, one long-suffering husband and a scruffy Schnauzer. Her garden always ends up a wilderness, however hard she tries.
Over the years, writing has always been what she loves most: Barbara has won several national and international short story competitions and was one of three writers short-listed for the Kelpies Prize 2013 with a previous novel manuscript.
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Loved this book. Very dramatic and interesting. Didn't want to put it down.
Brilliant book.... Read Full Review
A modern fable about nature and future generations, and a vivid story full of near-misses and sinister accidents. Realistic adventure which I really enjoyed.
The story is about a girl around my age who moves with her family to an uninhabited island with her bother and parents so that her father can help work on the development of a resort there.
It is a very fast story, full of action, events and great scenes where nature, the wilderness, and some of the creature in the island start to ‘fight back’. It is not very complicated and there aren’t lots of extra people within the story, mainly just Em and her friend Zac who quickly realise what is going on. However, their problem then is to convince the teacher and parents.
It is really a story of one generation’s destruction of the environment and their need to change their behaviour for the sake of nature and the next generations to come.... Read Full Review
Overall, I think it is great book, and I highly recommend it read it.
Wilderness wars is a book by Barbra Henderson, it was published by pokey hat in 2018. It is a relatively long story with the plot about a 12 year old girl called Em. Her family and many others are moving as part of a building team sent to build on a small uninhabited island of Skelsay, with her dad being one of the lead roles in the project. Within the project they are trying to build a luxury retreat into the wild with shooting ranges, pools, wild swimming and much much more. But this is just a theory a dream if you may put it because, NATURE FIGHTS BACK, they are blessed with freak weather and more. Possibly my favourite character is Struan due to the fact that all he really does is jump about with his army of kids and plays about aimlessly.... Read Full Review
In a daze, I take it all in: the wind, the leaden skies, the churning moody sea. And, far in the distance, a misty outline.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Wilderness Wars and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Wilderness Wars features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Mystery / Mythology, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Wilderness Wars was written by Barbara Henderson and published by Pokey Hat an imprint of Cranachan Publishing Limited
Wilderness Wars has 220 pages
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