Review of Where the Wild Things Are (2009) by Donna S — 19 Feb 2015

This is one of my favourite books *ever* so I'm really nervous to see how this has turned out... It wasn't great :(.

This review of Where the Wild Things Are (2009) was written by Donna S on 19 Feb 2015.

Where the Wild Things Are has generally received positive reviews.

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