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A review by katykelly
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
5.0
Refreshingly different, lovely melding of a child's imagination and a storybook adventure
Fidge is sick of her sister's favourite toy, Wed Wabbit, her sister's obsessions with her favourite characters. Her guilt is extreme, however, when Minnie ends up in hospital after an accident that she feels is her fault.
Sent to her cousin's house, Fidge finds Graham there, hypochondriac, indulged, paranoid, helpless, and somehow they end up tumbling into a magical world of Minnie's imagination, after taking out her anger on Wed Wabbit.
Can they get out of this world? What is going on? And why do all the people there look so familiar?
Reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, this is full of riddles, strange and batty characters and an adventure requiring both Fidge and Graham to examine themselves and be honest about their failings. Graham reminded me a little of Eustace Stubbs from the Narnia books, he's pretty vile. You want to see him change.
It wasn't hard to picture the Teletubby-like world, the colourful cast, and I thoroughly enjoyed the tumble down the rabbit hole with Fidge.
I loved the toys 'coming to life', seeing their personalities and how their world is created from that of a small child's and her understanding, it was well done.
This could make a lovely series on CBBC, good character growth, some great scenes and visual effects, a good moral or two.
For an audience in primary or lower secondary, ages 9-13.
Fidge is sick of her sister's favourite toy, Wed Wabbit, her sister's obsessions with her favourite characters. Her guilt is extreme, however, when Minnie ends up in hospital after an accident that she feels is her fault.
Sent to her cousin's house, Fidge finds Graham there, hypochondriac, indulged, paranoid, helpless, and somehow they end up tumbling into a magical world of Minnie's imagination, after taking out her anger on Wed Wabbit.
Can they get out of this world? What is going on? And why do all the people there look so familiar?
Reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, this is full of riddles, strange and batty characters and an adventure requiring both Fidge and Graham to examine themselves and be honest about their failings. Graham reminded me a little of Eustace Stubbs from the Narnia books, he's pretty vile. You want to see him change.
It wasn't hard to picture the Teletubby-like world, the colourful cast, and I thoroughly enjoyed the tumble down the rabbit hole with Fidge.
I loved the toys 'coming to life', seeing their personalities and how their world is created from that of a small child's and her understanding, it was well done.
This could make a lovely series on CBBC, good character growth, some great scenes and visual effects, a good moral or two.
For an audience in primary or lower secondary, ages 9-13.