Wild Boy: the real life of the Savage of Aveyron
What happens when society finds a wild boy alone in the woods and tries to civilize him? A true story from the author of The Fairy Ring.
One day in 1798, woodsmen in southern France returned from the forest having captured a naked boy. He had been running wild, digging for food, and was covered with scars. In the village square, people gathered around, gaping and jabbering in words the boy didn’t understand. 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. Though the wild boy’s world was forever changed, some things stayed the same: sometimes, when the mountain winds blew, “he looked up at the sky, made sounds deep in his throat, and gave great bursts of laughter.” In a moving work of narrative nonfiction that reads like a novel, Mary Losure invests another compelling story from history with vivid and arresting new life.
Back matter includes an author’s note, source notes, and a bibliography.
Abandoned children -- France -- Aveyron -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Electronic books
Europe
Family & Relationships
Feral children
Feral children -- France -- Aveyron -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
France -- Aveyron
History
Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard
Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard, -- 1775-1838
Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard, -- 1775-1838 -- Juvenile literature
Juvenile Nonfiction
Juvenile works
Psychology
Sociology
Wild Boy of Aveyron
Wild Boy of Aveyron -- Juvenile literature
Level 6.5, 3 Points
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subject_facet | Abandoned children Abandoned children -- France -- Aveyron -- Biography -- Juvenile literature BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Biography Electronic books Europe Feral children Feral children -- France -- Aveyron -- Biography -- Juvenile literature France -- Aveyron Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard, -- 1775-1838 Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard, -- 1775-1838 -- Juvenile literature Juvenile works Psychology Wild Boy of Aveyron Wild Boy of Aveyron -- Juvenile literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Wild Boy The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Wild Boy The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron Wild boy [electronic resource] : the real life of the Savage of Aveyron / Mary Losure ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Wild Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | the real life of the Savage of Aveyron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Abandoned children BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Europe Family & Relationships Feral children History Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard Juvenile Nonfiction Psychology Sociology Wild Boy of Aveyron |