feral children

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feral children

Night creature

1966
Abandoned as a child, Gruff, a human boy, grows up with the wolves, but his life changes when the forest is invaded by Werewolves who want him to join them, and although he resists, when the full moon rises, the boy is hard pressed to remain in control.

Children of the wolf

a novel
1984
In 1920 in India two children that have been raised by wolves are discovered and brought to an orphanage to be taught human behavior again.

Mother was a lovely beast

a feral man anthology, fiction and fact about humans raised by animals
1974

The jungle books

1992
Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

Wild children

growing up without human contact
1998
Describes the phenomenon of feral children, and relates several historical case studies of children found in the wild or surviving with limited human contact.

The forbidden experiment

the story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron
1980
An account of the public life of a young boy who appeared in a French village in 1800 after living as a wild animal for most of his eleven or twelve years and of the attempts of a doctor to bring him to a civilized state.

Antar and the eagles

1990
Abducted and raised by eagles, a young boy is sent on a mission to rescue a lost egg and, in the process, save the race of eagles.

The wild boy

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.

Wolf-woman

1994
When she is three-years-old, Tanith is taken from a den of wolves and lives for many years as the daughter of the chief of a warlike clan, until circumstances force her to choose between wolves and men.

River Rats, inc.

1979
Traveling illegally at night on the Colorado River with a mysterious cargo, two boys are shipwrecked and must depend for survival on their own ingenuity and a wild boy they find living along the river.

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