| Author | Monica Edwards |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Geoffrey Whittam |
| Cover artist | Geoffrey Whittam |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young-adult fiction |
| Publisher | Collins |
| Published | 1967 |
| Preceded by | Fire in the Punchbowl |
The Wild One is the tenth and final book in the Punchbowl Farm series of novels by Monica Edwards, published in 1967 by Collins. The book was the last Monica Edwards book to be illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam. Roger and Rissa have remained at the farm after the fire (in Fire in the Punchbowl) and Lindsey discovers a puma cub in the farm fields, believing it to be the cub of the Surrey Puma. Fearing that the cub will be shot, she and Roger keep the discovery secret and attempt to rear the cub themselves.
Monica Edwards based her story on the wild big cat reportedly seen in Surrey on a number of occasions in the 1960s. The author herself believed she had seen it in the Devil's Punch Bowl.[1]