Losure, Mary.

Wild boy : the real life of the savage of Aveyron / Mary Losure, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. - Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2013. - 169p. 22cm.

Presents the story of the feral boy known as the Savage of Aveyron, discovered in the mountain wilderness of Southern France in the late 18th century, and describes the attempts led by Paris physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard to civilize him.

ISBN: 9780763656690

LCCN: 2012943644

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Itard, Jean Marc Gaspard, -- 1775-1838 -- Juvenile literature.
Wild Boy of Aveyron -- Juvenile literature.
Feral children -- France -- Aveyron -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.