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RAZREADS’ RECMAS 2018:

December 18th ~ A children’s book: Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

“Fidge closed her eyes and then opened them; in thirty seconds the world had changed. She felt as if she’d been swimming in deep murky water, and had just broken surface into the light. Minnie was awake.”

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picturethisbook -- Like Alice in Wonderland, The Phantom Tollbooth and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the hapless protagonists in this blisteringly funny and original #middlegrade novel are flung into a wacky world from which they have to find their way home. Amid the hilarity and adventure that ensue, however, more serious topics such as guilt, grief and fear are deftly and sensitively explored and dealt with. Have you read this book?🐰#wedwabbit

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Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

Challenge #11 ~ “A book with fewer than 2,018 ratings.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

My opinion in three sentences:

I absolutely loved this book, and I don't think I can recommend it enough. Wed Wabbit was exactly the sort of book I would have loved as a child, was jam-packed with adventure and well-written to boot! It is, however, very much a case of 'don't judge a book by its cover', which gives it a juvenile and immature feel in all the wrong ways.

(Without spoiling anything) the best bit:

The plotline was  something I hadn't really come across before and it was nice to have such a refreshing idea written so well. Both my mum and my sister have read the book too and it really is an adventure-for-all-ages-and-interests kind of plot that is perfect for children. I've been recommending it left, right and centre.

A warning for the book:

The marketing for the book just isn't right in my opinion. It is a book for children, don't get me wrong, but both the blurb and cover present it very much as an immature kind of book. They both put me off, making me think it would be filled with unnecessary baby-ish language, talking animals based in reality and childish humour, but Evans actually crafts this beautiful tale with none of these things. Let me say, I cannot wait for a different cover to be released, because I strongly dislike this one!

Recommended for fans of:

     - The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

     - The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

     - The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil

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Middle School Monday: Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

Fidge’s mother and sister were taking so much time vacation shopping that by the time they got to the store that Fidge really wanted to go to, the store was closed. That’s why Fidge was upset. That’s why, when her sister dropped her favorite toy (a stuffed red rabbit), Fidge kicked it instead of picking it up. That’s why her sister ran out into the street to get her toy. That’s why she was hit by a car, and now she had to go to the hospital. Now Fidge is filled with anger and guilt, and being forced to stay with her aunt, uncle, and gloomy cousin Graham until her sister gets better is just making everything worse.

But then something amazing happens. During a thunderstorm, Fidge and Graham are magically transported to a very strange world that seems familiar somehow. Fidge realizes that this world contains some of her sister’s favorite things, including that red rabbit and a book about colorful creatures called the Wimbley Woos. Fidge realizes that if she ever wants to escape this strange place, she’s going to have to figure out how to save it first. And that’s going to involve working with plenty of strange creatures, as well as (UGH!) her miserable cousin Graham.