Book Review: The Great Escape by Megan Rix

 

Miss T dressed up for evacuee day at school

Miss T has been learning about World War 2 for History this term and they recently held an "evacuee day" at her school where the children got to dress up as evacuees and learn more about what life was like for evacuees during the second world war. 

At school they have been reading books such as "When the Sky Falls" and "Carrie's War". At home we happened to be reading another book that is set at the start of the second world war. It is a book I read with J and D when they were younger back in 2012 when it was first published. We enjoyed it so much that I kept hold of the book for when Miss T got to the right age to read it. 

Over to Miss T to review: 

This book is set in WW2 which follows three pets of a family which the children had to be evacuated from. The pets are a cat called Tiger, a jack russell called Buster and a boarder collie called Rose.

The pets are missing the two children (Lucy and Robert) but are taken to neighbours to be looked after. When the pets find themselves in danger, they try to make a great escape. 

Lucy and Robert are evacuated to Devon to stay with their grandmother. They meet another young evacuee called Charlie on the way who they take under their wing. Charlie is 5 and a very cute character. 

Back in London, Lucy and Robert's friend, Michael, stays behind to help his dad with the animal shelter. He ends up having a bit of an adventure himself as he tries his best to help as many of the animals as he can. 

This book is really good and I really enjoyed it. I was so sad when I finally finished it as this was one of the best books I have read in a while. I loved reading about the interesting characters and some familiar places I have visited myself.

The way the pets mannerisms were described was very realistic as I could totally imagine my cat behaving like that.