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brittney_tyler 's review for:
The Escape
by Kathryn Lasky
Star Rating: 5 stars
Kathryn Lasky is one of my favorite authors from my childhood, and I thought I had read all of her books (I have read both Guardians of Ga’Hoole and Wolves of the Beyond series), but I discovered when I was on Goodreads that she had another series that I had never heard about, Horses of the Dawn, so I decided to pick up the 1st book, The Escape. This book tells the story of Estrella, a young filly born in the most unlikely of places, a New World explorer ship’s hold. When the winds dies and the ship becomes dead in the water, the explorer and his crew throw all the horses overboard, and thus begins the journey of the Horses of the Dawn. Once they reach land, the horses start to realize that they have an unforeseen connection to this New World, a connection stretching back to the beginning of time. Can this connection help them survive in this New World?
This best thing about this book was the beginning of time connection. As the horses travel the New World, they start to see cave paintings/craving of a small dog-sized horse and the main character, Estrella, has multiple dreams and visions of this tiny horse. If you read the author’s note at the end of the book or have any concept of evolution, then you will know that this “tiny horse” is the evolutionary ancestor of the horses depicted in this book, just like these horses are the ancestors of the wild mustangs of the American West. I think this is a really cool aspect of this book and a very under-utilized as a troupe or an explanation for mythos that other series should use as well, and only of the reasons why Lasky remains still one of my favorite authors when I have fallen out of love with so many others.
I also really love how each individual horse has its own personality as in some of the other animal-centered series, the characters all seem to be similar, and I also love how Lasky didn’t sugarcoat any of the deaths in this book. She completely showcase nature following its natural course of action which I appreciate as children need to understand that the concept of “survival of the fittest” (This is a middle-grade series). With every scene, character, and chapter, Lasky showcases why she is the forerunner and creator of the animal-centered fantasy tradition (She was one of the 1st to write these kinds of books or at least she was the 1st one that I found).
All in all, Lasky still impresses me, and I can’t wait to keep reading the rest of this series and anything that she puts out. 5 stars!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kathryn Lasky is one of my favorite authors from my childhood, and I thought I had read all of her books (I have read both Guardians of Ga’Hoole and Wolves of the Beyond series), but I discovered when I was on Goodreads that she had another series that I had never heard about, Horses of the Dawn, so I decided to pick up the 1st book, The Escape. This book tells the story of Estrella, a young filly born in the most unlikely of places, a New World explorer ship’s hold. When the winds dies and the ship becomes dead in the water, the explorer and his crew throw all the horses overboard, and thus begins the journey of the Horses of the Dawn. Once they reach land, the horses start to realize that they have an unforeseen connection to this New World, a connection stretching back to the beginning of time. Can this connection help them survive in this New World?
This best thing about this book was the beginning of time connection. As the horses travel the New World, they start to see cave paintings/craving of a small dog-sized horse and the main character, Estrella, has multiple dreams and visions of this tiny horse. If you read the author’s note at the end of the book or have any concept of evolution, then you will know that this “tiny horse” is the evolutionary ancestor of the horses depicted in this book, just like these horses are the ancestors of the wild mustangs of the American West. I think this is a really cool aspect of this book and a very under-utilized as a troupe or an explanation for mythos that other series should use as well, and only of the reasons why Lasky remains still one of my favorite authors when I have fallen out of love with so many others.
I also really love how each individual horse has its own personality as in some of the other animal-centered series, the characters all seem to be similar, and I also love how Lasky didn’t sugarcoat any of the deaths in this book. She completely showcase nature following its natural course of action which I appreciate as children need to understand that the concept of “survival of the fittest” (This is a middle-grade series). With every scene, character, and chapter, Lasky showcases why she is the forerunner and creator of the animal-centered fantasy tradition (She was one of the 1st to write these kinds of books or at least she was the 1st one that I found).
All in all, Lasky still impresses me, and I can’t wait to keep reading the rest of this series and anything that she puts out. 5 stars!!!!!!!!!!!!