Imagine growing up in the woods alone believing that few humans were left alive. Imagine having to hunt for every meal and going hungry in the winter and spring. Imagine learning everything you believed to be true to be a lie. Cade grew up in the woods with his parents, and they told him most of humanity was wiped out by a plague. Then he sees Dara, a girl with golden hair, who is camping with her boyfriend in the wilds of Cade's home. First, he watches her, mesmerized. When he saves her life and ends up in a hospital, Cade learns that everything he has been told by his parents was a lie, and the authorities won't believe Cade's remarkable story. As Dara and Cade grow closer, this "wild" boy struggles to survive in modern society. Dara, Jane to Cade's Tarzan, must decide if she can say goodbye to modern conveniences like Jane. This modernized version of the Tarzan story is lovely with some great new twists. This Tarzan can speak and read, but he can live off the land like our ancestors. I also like that his parents chose to run to the wild. The romantic tension between Dara and Cade is steamy. Although I wanted her to believe his story sooner than she did, it may be more reasonable that she would not believe he could have lived his whole life in the wild. This books is both survival story and romance, told from multiple perspectives. It is hard to classify, like Cade, but ultimately, satisfying.
Wild by Alex Mallory
Imagine growing up in the woods alone believing that few humans were left alive. Imagine having to hunt for every meal and going hungry in the winter and spring. Imagine learning everything you believed to be true to be a lie. Cade grew up in the woods with his parents, and they told him most of humanity was wiped out by a plague. Then he sees Dara, a girl with golden hair, who is camping with her boyfriend in the wilds of Cade's home. First, he watches her, mesmerized. When he saves her life and ends up in a hospital, Cade learns that everything he has been told by his parents was a lie, and the authorities won't believe Cade's remarkable story. As Dara and Cade grow closer, this "wild" boy struggles to survive in modern society. Dara, Jane to Cade's Tarzan, must decide if she can say goodbye to modern conveniences like Jane. This modernized version of the Tarzan story is lovely with some great new twists. This Tarzan can speak and read, but he can live off the land like our ancestors. I also like that his parents chose to run to the wild. The romantic tension between Dara and Cade is steamy. Although I wanted her to believe his story sooner than she did, it may be more reasonable that she would not believe he could have lived his whole life in the wild. This books is both survival story and romance, told from multiple perspectives. It is hard to classify, like Cade, but ultimately, satisfying.
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AuthorMs. Smith has been the librarian at Washington HS in Sioux Falls, SD, since 2005. She enjoys reading, watching K-Dramas, Harry Potter and hanging out with her family. Archives
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