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Run Rabbit Run
Lizzie is lucky. Her dad refuses to fight in the war unlike the other dads in her street. ‘I won’t kill anyone,’ he says ‘War is wrong.’ But she knows that lots of people don’t agree with him and when Dad is threatened with prison, he takes Lizzie and her little brother, Freddie, on a long and adventurous journey hiding from the authorities. Even when they are separated an...more
Paperback, 221 pages
Published
March 4th 2011
by Andersen
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Run Rabbit run is a wonderful little book about a conscientious objector during World War Two and his family who are on the run from the police. It is told from the point of view of Lizzie the young girl of the family.
With my teachng head on I thought this would be a fab book to give youngesters an insight into life during World War Two and the issue of conscientious objectors which is something I haven't seen done before in a YA novel.
I enjoyed the story itself. It went along quite nicely with...more
With my teachng head on I thought this would be a fab book to give youngesters an insight into life during World War Two and the issue of conscientious objectors which is something I haven't seen done before in a YA novel.
I enjoyed the story itself. It went along quite nicely with...more
There are not too many books written for young readers about conscientious objectors. Dorita Fairlie Bruce included a character who was a CO in her 1944 novel Nancy Calls the Tune. In 2003, M. E. Kerr wrote Slap Your Sides, a novel about a no longer very religious Quaker family whose eldest son refuses to fight in World War II. Laurel Lee Gugler wrote A Piece of Forever in 2008, a postwar story of a young Mennonite girl whose non-violent beliefs come into conflict with Veteran’s Day celebrations...more
Going into this book, I was surpised at the simplicity of the writing style, but if you bear in mind that the narrator is an eleven year old girl, I think that the writing really suits the age group of the protagonist and draws you into the story. I think that although the writing style was quite simple, there were still some really emotional moments which made me realise how heartbreaking some of the events that these characters had to endure were.
This is a novel which is based on real life eve...more
This is a novel which is based on real life eve...more
I'll be honest, the author sent this book to me to read, as she knew I'd leave a review. I don't usually pick up children's fiction, unless you include Harry Potter or Lord of The Rings/The Hobbit.
However, I must say - remembering it's aimed at 9 to 12 year olds - it was a great read. In fact, I enjoyed being taken back to 1942, wartime Britain, and getting an insight to what life was like. I actually think this book would work well in schools - history told through fiction. The author isn't he...more
However, I must say - remembering it's aimed at 9 to 12 year olds - it was a great read. In fact, I enjoyed being taken back to 1942, wartime Britain, and getting an insight to what life was like. I actually think this book would work well in schools - history told through fiction. The author isn't he...more
Lizzie's dad is a conscientious objector to killing people and refuses to fight in the Second World War. Often seen as cowards, Lizzie suffers the abuse from the children at school due to her father's refusal to fight. The police come looking to arrest Lizzie's father, so they all go on the run in the middle of the night, in a desperate attempt to stay together as a family. For a while, they manage to live happily in the idyllic Whiteway, until their past catches up with them and pushes them on...more
Really enjoyed with the themes of WW2 and escaping the horrors of war with a father who was a conscious-objector. Ideal book for those in year 6 who tend to study this time period. Very personal b but ends well!
This was an enjoyable read and very good for children studying WWII as it gives another perspective.
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