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Running Wild (Michael Morpurgo)
''Running Wild'' is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo first published in 2009. It recounts the adventures of a boy who has to survive in the Indonesian jungle after being saved from a tsunami by an elephant. 〔(''Running Wild'' at WorldCat )〕
==Plot summary==
''Running Wild'' opens with a boy, Will, riding an elephant along a beach, whilst on holiday in Indonesia. Will is grieving for his father, who died in the Iraq war. The elephant, Oona, is in an odd mood that day; her handler mentions that she refused to go into the sea for her usual morning dip. Suddenly, Oona charges off with Will clinging on for dear life. As they ascend a hill, Will witnesses the Boxing Day tsunami obliterating the beach where he had been moments earlier.
Oona heads into the jungle with Will on her back, and Will gradually learns to communicate with her and finds fruit and water enabling him to survive in the wild. He also remembers a long-ago lesson from his father, who taught him how to catch fish from a stream using his clothing as a net. However, Will struggles with biting insects and leeches. One day, there is a standoff between Oona and a tiger, and Will remembers the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake. Saying this poem out loud gives Will courage. This bravery is needed when Will is kidnapped by hunters, and finds out about threats to the rainforest through trade in exotic pets, animal furs, palm oil and timber.
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