The Wild Ones

In a city evacuated by humans after a cataclysmic event, the animals in a pet shelter must bravely venture out into a changed world... and make their way to a safer place. A thrilling adventure perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate, I Am Rebel, Kate DiCamillo, Last Kids on Earth, and Rosanne Parry. Scamp and the other animals in the pet shelter are very used to their routine. Their human, Pam, takes good care of them. Every now and then, another human comes in -- although that hasn't happened in a while. All the strange things that happen... well, they happen Outside. None of the animals ever go Outside. Then one day Pam doesn't come in the morning. Or the afternoon. Or the evening. Scamp realizes: the animals are now on their own. And in order to survive, they are going to have to go Outside and find a new safe place. Thus starts a new adventure for Scamp (a dog), Patticakes (a rabbit), Daisy (a cat), and an assortment of other animals not used to being out in the wild -- or facing the beasts already there. It's a fur-raising, twist-and-turn-filled journey -- where the threat of nature is only matched by its amazements.

Steve Cole is a best-selling author for children and young adults with over three million copies sold. His hugely successful ASTROSAURS young fiction series has been a UK top-ten children's bestseller and been published widely internationally. His original fiction titles for DOCTOR WHO for which he now acts as range consultant for BBC Books have also been top-ten bestsellers. He also succeeded Charlie Higson as the writer for YOUNG BOND, a series which follows the adventures of the teenage James Bond. He lives and works in Buckinghamshire, UK.