Gerstein, Mordicai

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The wild boy

based on the true story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron
2002
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.

Fox eyes

2000
Martin's grandmother warns him about looking too long into the eyes of a fox, but he can't resist and finds himself in the fox's body for a day.

Arnold of the ducks

2010
Mistaken for a fish by a nearsighted pelican and deposited with a family of ducks, young Arnold learns to swim, fly, and eat like a duck until his curiosity finally leads him back to his human family.

Fox eyes

2001
Martin's great aunt warns him about looking too long into the eyes of a fox, but he can't resist and finds himself in the fox's body for a day.

Noah and the great flood

1999
A retelling of the Old Testament story of how Noah and his family were saved, along with two of every living creature, when God destroyed the wicked of the world with a devastating flood.

Victor

a novel based on the life of the Savage of Aveyron
1998
A novel based on the work of Dr. Jean Marc Itard who spent the years shortly after the French Revolution working with a "savage" boy whom he called Victor, trying to prove he was not an idiot and to teach him how to live in human society.

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