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Relates the story of a boy who grew up like a wild animal in the forests of France and was later captured and studied by doctors in Paris, but never became completely civilized.

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8 editions · 3 languages
  • Hardcover · English · 2002
    Wild Boy
    Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 9780606255301
  • Other · English · 2009
    40 pages · 9781439585023
  • Other · English · 2002
    Wild Boy
    Tandem Library · 40 pages · 9780613719346
  • Other · English · 2002
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) · 40 pages · 9780374483968
  • Other · English · 1998
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 39 pages · 9780374384319
  • Hardcover · German · 1999
    Der wilde Junge.
    Freies Geistesleben · 40 pages · 9783772518591
Feral childrenJuvenile literatureNew York Times reviewedErziehungWildes KindEntwicklungVagrant children