The Wild Before explains how Little-Hare seeks to save the magical Mooncalf and find the flower of hope as the plague sets in and the ‘Terribleness’ of drought, floods and fires begins.īut what made Torday revisit his Wild world after six years? ‘I heard what Greta Thunberg was saying,’ he says. All three are set in a world ruined by climate change with almost all animals wiped out by the ‘red-eye’ plague. It takes place before the events in his acclaimed trilogy, which began with The Last Wild, followed by the Guardian children’s fiction prize-winning The Dark Wild and concluded in 2015 with The Wild Beyond. The Wild Before is a powerful exploration of the damage wrought to the natural environment and the possibility that hope and friendship can create a new story for the world. ‘No one should ever do a prequel,’ says Piers Torday, laughing, as we meet on Zoom to talk about his – yes – prequel. Michelle Pauli talks prequels, honesty and hope with Piers Torday. The Wild Before: An Interview with Piers Torday Author: Michelle Pauli
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