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A review by kba76
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
4.0
What do you do when your four year old sister is hospitalised and you find yourself in a grotesque world inhabited by your little sister’s toys? Thankfully, it’s not a situation we’re ever going to be in, but eleven year old Fidge does.
Fidge has to solve the mystery of how to rescue the Wimbly Woos from the tyranny of Wed Wabbit, the enormous bunny who has taken control of all around him without thinking about what his subjects need.
I started reading this because it’s on the long list for the Carnegie Awards this year. Reading it aloud to my seven year old initially, there was a real sense of Alice in Wonderland or The Phantom Tollbooth to the book. We’re quickly placed in this bizarre setting and it was good fun to see how Fidge coped with her annoying cousin and the demands placed on her. Though there’s lots to admire about the book, I can’t help but feel readers at the older end of the target audience will be dismissive of the world created and the whole concept.
Fidge has to solve the mystery of how to rescue the Wimbly Woos from the tyranny of Wed Wabbit, the enormous bunny who has taken control of all around him without thinking about what his subjects need.
I started reading this because it’s on the long list for the Carnegie Awards this year. Reading it aloud to my seven year old initially, there was a real sense of Alice in Wonderland or The Phantom Tollbooth to the book. We’re quickly placed in this bizarre setting and it was good fun to see how Fidge coped with her annoying cousin and the demands placed on her. Though there’s lots to admire about the book, I can’t help but feel readers at the older end of the target audience will be dismissive of the world created and the whole concept.