# Wildful

**Author:** Kengo Kurimoto
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2025
**Genre:** Middle Grade Graphic Novel
**ISBN-13:** `9781782694892`
**ISBN-10:** `1782694897`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/wildful
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

When Poppy and her dog wander into a wild, overgrown stretch of the city, a day spent in nature begins to help her family heal. Kengo Kurimoto's lyrical graphic novel is a quiet story about grief, family, and the outdoors. Nominated for the 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8), the statewide reading list Maine students read from and vote on.

## Themes

- nature
- family
- grief
- healing

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

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