📘 英文原版有声书介绍

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当动物不再咆哮，人类还能听见寂静吗？——一部让爱动物、爱思考的孩子欲罢不能的英伦冒险史诗。

1. 系列概况

• 作者：​ Piers Torday（英国儿童文学作家，《卫报》儿童小说奖得主）
• 朗读者：​ Oliver Hembrough（英音，深沉温暖，完美驾驭动物角色的多样声线）
• 册数：​ 3 册（完整三部曲）
  • 1 The Last Wild（7h 39m）
  • 2 The Dark Wild（8h 41m）
  • 3 The Wild Beyond（10h 44m）
• 蓝思 / AR 预估：​ Lexile 820L ／ AR 5.6
• 分类（ ✅ 初级章节书（Chapter Books / MG Lower），与 Spy School同级，是生态奇幻/动物冒险类的代表作。

2. 故事简介：当世界只剩下一只鸽子、一只蟑螂和一头鹿

在一个动物全部灭绝的未来世界，12 岁的 Kester Jaynes 被关在”问题少年之家”。他不爱说话，大人们说他”有问题”。直到有一天，一只会说话的鸽子闯进他的房间，带他逃离高墙，来到一片被遗忘的荒野。

在那里，他见到了世界上最后剩下的动物：

• 一头睿智庄严的雄鹿
• 一只过度热情的狼崽
• 一只傲慢的波斯猫
• 一只跳舞的田鼠

动物们告诉他：只有他能听懂它们说话，只有他能拯救它们。于是，Kester 踏上了护送动物重返家园的旅程。但很快他发现，真正的敌人不是人类，而是潜伏在城市地下的”黑暗荒野”……

3. 核心亮点（教学/选材角度）

• “会说话的动物”文学传统：继承 The Chronicles of Narnia、Watership Down的精神，用动物视角反思人类社会。
• 英式英语听力范本：Oliver Hembrough 的朗读是极好的英音输入材料，语速适中，情感克制但有力量。
• 主题深刻但不沉重：探讨环保、孤独、沟通与信任，适合引发价值观讨论（”谁才是真正的野兽？”）。
• 完美的三部曲结构：从逃亡→反抗→救赎，情节层层递进，适合培养学生追更（Serial）的阅读习惯。

4. 听力与阅读建议

维度	建议
适合年龄（母语）​	8–10 岁
适合年龄（EFL 中国学生）​	12–15 岁（初中为主），校内英语初二以上或 PET 通过；小学高年级英语突出者可尝试
英语水平​	CEFR B1；与 Spy School难度相当，但词汇更文学化，叙述更细腻​
使用场景​	英音听力训练、寒假/暑假刷书、亲子共听（适合喜欢动物的孩子）
衔接路线​	桥梁书(Ninjago/BSLS) → The Last Wild（初级章节书）→ Storm Singer/ Percy Jackson（中章书）→ Flavia de Luce（高章书）

5. 同难度/同类型推荐

• The Last Bear— 现代环保主题，文字更简单
• Skellig— 更短、更诗意，同属”人与奇异生物”题材
• Watership Down(简化版) — 经典动物冒险

出版信息

The Last Wild Series 1-3 Audiobooks – Piers Torday 有声书音频mp3

Kids > Ages 8-10
The Last Wild 1-3
Written by: Piers Torday
Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Quercus

The Last Wild Series – Piers Torday

01 The Last Wild – Release Date:07-04-13
02 The Dark Wild – Release Date:04-14-14
03 The Wild Beyond – Release Date:04-09-15

The Last Wild Audiobook | Piers Torday | Audible.com
http://www.audible.com/pd/Kids/The-Last-Wild-Audiobook/B00DP26FMC

Kids > Ages 8-10
The Last Wild
Written by: Piers Torday
Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:07-04-13
Publisher: Quercus

Publisher’s Summary

In a world where animals no longer exist, 12-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists, either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he’s told there’s something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he’s finally gone a bit mad. But the animals have something to say….

The pigeons fly Kester to a wild place where the last creatures in the land have survived. A wise stag needs Kester’s help, and together they must embark on a great journey, joined along the way by an over-enthusiastic wolf cub, a spoilt show cat, a dancing harvest mouse, and a stubborn girl named Polly. The animals saved Kester Jaynes. But can Kester save the animals?

?2013 Piers Torday (P)2013 Quercus Publishing Plc / WF Howes

What the Critics Say

“A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure …. it could be the next big thing” (Eoin Colfer)

“Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers” (Sunday Times)

“The sequel had better come soon” (Observer)

The Dark Wild Audiobook | Piers Torday | Audible.com
http://www.audible.com/pd/Kids/The-Dark-Wild-Audiobook/B00JG975PY

Kids > Ages 8-10
The Dark Wild
Written by: Piers Torday
Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:04-14-14
Publisher: Quercus

Publisher’s Summary

Twelve-year-old Kester thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong. Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: Animals who believe the time is right to rise up against their human enemies. And soon Kester realises: He is the only one who can stop them. Kester Jaynes saved the animals. Can he save the humans too?
?2014 Piers Torday (P)2014 WF Howes Ltd

The Wild Beyond Audiobook | Piers Torday | Audible.com
http://www.audible.com/pd/Kids/The-Wild-Beyond-Audiobook/B00VU3CKB8

Kids > Ages 8-10
The Wild Beyond
Written by: Piers Torday
Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:04-09-15
Publisher: Quercus

Publisher’s Summary

From the winner of The Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize comes the final heart-stopping installment of the Dark Wild Trilogy.

This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has rescued the last wild animals in the world and saved his capital city from destruction. But now he must face his greatest challenge yet because:

1. The only blue whale on the planet has brought news from across the ocean.
2. A mysterious steel dome has risen from the Four Towers.
3. Out there, somewhere, a brave mouse holds the key to the future….

?2015 Piers Torday (P)2015 WF Howes Ltd