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On his twelfth birthday, Charlie Merriam learns that his newborn baby brother, Dara, has a heart defect. He flees into nearby Mandel Forest, where he finds himself transported back in time to the Stone Age. Charlie finds an injured boy wearing deerskins lying unconscious in the stream. Charlie rescues him, and helps him search for his baby sister, Mothgirl.
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On his twelfth birthday, Charlie Merriam learns that his newborn baby brother, Dara, has a heart defect. He flees into nearby Mandel Forest, where he finds himself transported back in time to the Stone Age. Charlie finds an injured boy wearing deerskins lying unconscious in the stream. Charlie rescues him, the boy, whose name is Hartboy, and helps him search for his baby sister, Mothgirl.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: The boy is determined to find and protect Mothgirl.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: The boy Hartboy is determined to find and protect Mothgirl.
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* IdentityAmnesia: The boy hit his head on a rock in the stream, and remembers nothing except the need to protect Mothgirl. His memories gradually return during the story.
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* IdentityAmnesia: The boy Hartboy hit his head on a rock in the stream, and remembers nothing except the need to protect Mothgirl. His memories gradually return during the story.
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* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: Charlie and the boy find the camp where he lived with his family, only to find it deserted, with meat left cooking over the fire. [[spoiler:His ma is dead. His pa is out looking for him.]]
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* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: Charlie and the boy Hartboy find the camp where he lived with his family, only to find it deserted, with meat left cooking over the fire. [[spoiler:His ma is dead. His pa is out looking for him.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: The boy is determined to find and protect Mothgirl.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Charlie's friend Beaky hates her real name, Beatrice Bird, and never uses it.
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* DisappearedDad: Charlie's friend Lamont's dad left last year. Lamont rarely talks about it.
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** Charlie cries after Dara is born, before he learns about Dara's heartdefect.defect.
** [[spoiler:Charlie and his dad both cry when they learn Dara's operation went well.]]
** Charlie cries after Dara is born, before he learns about Dara's heart
** [[spoiler:Charlie and his dad both cry when they learn Dara's operation went well.]]
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Hartboy's ma gave birth to Mothgirl, then fell ill. Hartboy gave her the deertooth around his neck in the hopes that it would protect her, but she died anyway. Hartboy fled into the forest, fell in the stream, and hit his head on a rock.]]
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* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: Charlie and the boy find the camp where he lived with his family, only to find it deserted, with meat left cooking over the fire. [[spoiler:His ma is dead. His pa is out looking for him.]]
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* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: Charlie and the boy find the camp where he lived with his family, only to find it deserted, with meat left cooking over the fire.
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On his twelfth birthday, Charlie Merriam learns that his newborn baby brother, Dara, has a heart defect. He flees into nearby Mandel Forest, where he finds himself transported back in time to the stone age. Charlie finds an injured boy wearing deerskins lying unconscious in the stream. Charlie rescues him, and helps him search for his baby sister, Mothgirl.
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On his twelfth birthday, Charlie Merriam learns that his newborn baby brother, Dara, has a heart defect. He flees into nearby Mandel Forest, where he finds himself transported back in time to the stone age.Stone Age. Charlie finds an injured boy wearing deerskins lying unconscious in the stream. Charlie rescues him, and helps him search for his baby sister, Mothgirl.
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* IdentityAmnesia: The boy his his head on a rock in the stream, and remembers nothing except the need to protect Mothgirl.
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* IdentityAmnesia: The boy his hit his head on a rock in the stream, and remembers nothing except the need to protect Mothgirl.Mothgirl. His memories gradually return during the story.
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''The Wild Way Home'' is a 2020 middle grade novel by Sophie Kirtley.
On his twelfth birthday, Charlie Merriam learns that his newborn baby brother, Dara, has a heart defect. He flees into nearby Mandel Forest, where he finds himself transported back in time to the stone age. Charlie finds an injured boy wearing deerskins lying unconscious in the stream. Charlie rescues him, and helps him search for his baby sister, Mothgirl.
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!!''The Wild Way Home'' contains examples of:
* IdentityAmnesia: The boy his his head on a rock in the stream, and remembers nothing except the need to protect Mothgirl.
* PetsHomageName: Charlie's cat is named Howard Carter. He used to have another one named King Tut.
* SiblingsWanted: Charlie has wanted a sibling his whole life.
* TearsOfJoy: Charlie cries after Dara is born, before he learns about Dara's heart defect.
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On his twelfth birthday, Charlie Merriam learns that his newborn baby brother, Dara, has a heart defect. He flees into nearby Mandel Forest, where he finds himself transported back in time to the stone age. Charlie finds an injured boy wearing deerskins lying unconscious in the stream. Charlie rescues him, and helps him search for his baby sister, Mothgirl.
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!!''The Wild Way Home'' contains examples of:
* IdentityAmnesia: The boy his his head on a rock in the stream, and remembers nothing except the need to protect Mothgirl.
* PetsHomageName: Charlie's cat is named Howard Carter. He used to have another one named King Tut.
* SiblingsWanted: Charlie has wanted a sibling his whole life.
* TearsOfJoy: Charlie cries after Dara is born, before he learns about Dara's heart defect.
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