Feral children books | Fiction for children
The division of works of fiction into adult and children's fiction is necessarily arbitrary. While all the works here are suitable either for children or young adults (reading ages are shown where appropriate), many of the early works of the Tarzan type listed on the adult fiction page are also suitable for young adults. However, realistically, they are only likely to be of interest to the serious collector or student of the genre today.
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The Boy Who Ran with the Gazelles

Mayer, Marianna & Gore, Leonid (illus)
Dial Books, 2005-07-7
ISBN 9780803725225
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The Wild Girl

Wormell, Christopher
Jonathan Cape, 2005-11-3
ISBN 0224070266
FeralChildren.com says An echanting story for younger children, of a girl who lives on her own in the wild with a small dog, until one day…
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The Pack

Carbone, Elisa Lynn
Viking Childrens Books, 2003-04
ISBN 9780670036196
FeralChildren.com says A group of friends, a stunning secret, an act of school violence in the making… how far will it all go?
What's the story with Akhil Vyas? At first, Becky is conviced that he's the weirdest person on the earth when he shows up in her freshman English class. He refuses to sit in a chair, stares at her with his spooky dark eyes, and his skin is covered in scars. But when her best friend Omar begins to befriend him, Becky's revulsion changes to intrigue. Akhil reveals that the National Institute of Health is studying him, but he can't say why -- until something happens that makes him swear Omar and Becky to secrecy. Suddenly Becky isn't sure what's more shocking -- Akhil's secret, or the reason why he must reveal it.
What's the story with Akhil Vyas? At first, Becky is conviced that he's the weirdest person on the earth when he shows up in her freshman English class. He refuses to sit in a chair, stares at her with his spooky dark eyes, and his skin is covered in scars. But when her best friend Omar begins to befriend him, Becky's revulsion changes to intrigue. Akhil reveals that the National Institute of Health is studying him, but he can't say why -- until something happens that makes him swear Omar and Becky to secrecy. Suddenly Becky isn't sure what's more shocking -- Akhil's secret, or the reason why he must reveal it.
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The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris

Garfield, Leon
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001-04-1
ISBN 9780374471217
FeralChildren.com says Two boys seek fame by abandoning baby Adelaide Harris to see if she will be suckled by a she-wolf (or rather, fox).
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Tarzan of the Apes

Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Aladdin, 1999-06
ISBN 9780689824135
Wolf Cry
Goetze, Jutta
Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1999
ISBN 9780725316570
FeralChildren.com says This fictional tale features a grandfather who tells his two grandchildren the story of Ruff, a young boy who gets left behind by his family and is found and raised by a she-wolf. Forgetting human ways, Ruff adopts wolf-like behaviour but is eventually captured by villagers. Ruff did learn to walk: by holding onto the wolf's tail.
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Abomination

Swindells, Robert
Corgi Childrens, 1999-06-3
ISBN 9780440863625
FeralChildren.com says In this novel, 12-year-old Martha reveals to her friend Scott a terrible secret: her younger sister is kept locked in a cage by her fanatically religious parents.
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The Wild Kid

Mazer, Harry; Lanino, Deborah (illus)
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998-08
ISBN 9780689807510
FeralChildren.com says After his bike gets stolen, twelve-year-old Sammy gets lost in the woods near his home. He stumbles upon the makeshift hideaway of the "wild kid" named Kevin, who has run away from reform school. Will this strongly independent tough let Sammy get home to his family?
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Maudie and the Green Children

Mitchell, Adrian & Hamann, Sigune (illus)
Tradewind Books, 1996-04
ISBN 9781896580067
FeralChildren.com says Based on the story of The Green Children.
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Passager: The Young Merlin Trilogy, Book One

Yolen, Jane
Harcourt, 1996-04-15
ISBN 9780152003913
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The Music of Dolphins

Hesse, Karen
Scholastic, 1996-09
ISBN 9780590897976
FeralChildren.com says The story of a girl called Mila who was raised by dolphins after a plane crash wipes out her family. Eventually captured, she tries to re-adjust to the human world and tells her story through diary entries.
Seaspring : a novel
Lobos, Gabriela & Garrett, Don L (illus) & Cady, Leslie G
John Daniel, 1996
ISBN 9781880284193
FeralChildren.com says Rescued from a boating accident while still a baby and raised by sea otters, a young boy learns their way of life before eventually finding others of his own species.
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Angel's Gate

Crew, Gary
Simon & Schuster, 1995
ISBN 9780689801662
FeralChildren.com says Children's fiction: Australian gold hunter Paddy Flannagan is murdered, and his two children run wild until their eventual capture.
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The Secret of Roan Inish

Fry, Rosalie
Hyperion Press, 1995-02
ISBN 9780786810635
FeralChildren.com says 10-year-old Fiona's baby brother was washed out to sea and, someone believes, is being brought up by seals. Fiona then spots a naked boy and makes it her goal to uncover the secret of Roan Inish.
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The Forest Child
Edwards, Richard & Malone, Peter (illus)
Orchard Books, 1995-09
ISBN 9780531094631
FeralChildren.com says A girl raised by forest animals is captured by a hunter who keeps her prisoner in an attempt to humanise her. A boy who had befriended her enlists the help of the forest animals to exact revenge on the hunter.
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Wolf-Woman

Jordan, Sherryl
Houghton Mifflin, 1994-09
ISBN 9780395709320
FeralChildren.com says Tanith had been raised by wolves, and at 16 was adopted by Chief Ahearn. A fascinating story for young adults, Wolf-Woman deals with the dilemma confronting Tanith: whether to return to her life with the wolves or face the lies and cruelty of human society.
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Antar and the eagles

Mayne, William
Walker Books, 1990-10-11
ISBN 9780744572285
FeralChildren.com says Abducted and raised by eagles, a young boy is sent on a mission to rescue a lost egg and, in the process, save the race of eagles in this riveting tale.
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Seal Child
Peck, Sylvia
Morrow Junior Books, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, 1989
ISBN 9780688086824
FeralChildren.com says Another selkie story — see also Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry.
Wolf
Srikumar, A K & Joshi, Jagdish (illus)
Children's Book Trust,India, 1987-11
ISBN 9788170113553
Annika and the Wolves
Zoline, Pamela
Coffee House Press, 1985-05
ISBN 9780915124916
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Children of the Wolf

Yolen, Jane
Viking, 1984
ISBN 9780670217632
FeralChildren.com says This novel is based on the famous case of the Midnapore Wolf Girls, Amala and Kamala, who were found in a wolf's den in Midnapore, India in the 1920s, and brought to a local orphanage.
River Rats, Inc.
George, Jean Craighead
E P Dutton, New York, 1979
ISBN 9780590321181
Seal Woman
Lockley, Ronald M
R Collings, 1974-10
ISBN 9780901720245
FeralChildren.com says Another version of the girl-brought-up-by-seals tale.
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Julie of the Wolves

George, Jean Craighead & Schoenherr, John (illus)
HarperTrophy, 1972-11-10
ISBN 9780064400589
FeralChildren.com says This book is about a 13-year-old girl who runs away from an arranged marriage into the Arctic tundra. In order to survive, she learns the language of a wolf pack and eventually ingratiates herself into the pack.
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Incident at Hawk's Hill

Eckert, Allan W & Schoenherr, John (illus)
Little, Brown, Boston, 1971
ISBN 9780316209489
FeralChildren.com says A six-year-old boy wanders off and is adopted by a family of badgers.
Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry

Fry, Rosalie Kingsmill
E P Dutton, New York, 1959
FeralChildren.com says 10-year-old Fiona's baby brother was washed out to sea and, someone believes, is being brought up by seals. Fiona then spots a naked boy and makes it her goal to uncover the secret of Roan Inish.
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Travel Light

Mitchison, Naomi
Peopod Classics, 1956
ISBN 9781931520140
FeralChildren.com says Halla, a princess cast out by her father, is brought up by bears.
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The Jungle Book

Kipling, Rudyard
1894
ISBN 9780812504699
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