The savage

By David Almond

Subjects: Reading Level-Grade 8, Authorship, fiction, Fantasy, Fathers, Juvenile fiction, Feral children, Reading Level-Grade 6, Fiction, Reading Level-Grade 9, Children and death, Fictitious characters, Psychological aspects, Children's fiction, Authorship, Reading Level-Grade 11, Parents, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 7, Death, Imagination, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 12

Description: A boy tells about a story he wrote when dealing with his father's death about a savage kid living in a ruined chapel in the woods--and the tale about the savage kid coming to life in the real world.