ENG - Wild Pork and Watercress

During our Y10 ENG classes this term we have been working on a novel study of the book Wild Pork and Watercress, by New Zealand famous author Barry Crump. You might be more familiar with the movie adaptation: Hunt for the Wilderpeople. To summarise the plot, Richard Morehu Baker goes to live with his Aunt Bella and Uncle Hec following a series of failed housing attempts. He slowly learns how to live on the farm, becoming and adept hunter and a great help to his foster family. All is well until Aunty Bella suffers from a stroke, passing away mere months after taking Rickey in. Uncle Hec is forced to leave the farm, and Rickey would have had to return to the social welfare people had he and Uncle Hec not run away into the bush. The majority of the book recounts the adventures the pair experience whilst in the bush; broken feet, running from the authorities and becoming wanted outlaws. The book concludes with an epitaph recounted from the view of another character, showing the story in an entirely new light. 

Following Uncle Hec and Rickey's journey, watching as they come to relate to each other more and more, and laughing at Rickey's comical perspective and outlook at life- I would thoroughly recommend this book to anybody, as it is a fairly easy read, highly entertaining, and contains many valuable life lessons.