Escape to the River Sea

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Sir Aubrey sent the crows to find Finn as he needed the son of Bernard Taverner to inherit Westwood. Emma Carroll perfectly evokes the Brazilian rainforest, it's wonders and dangers, alongside the new threats facing it. What she finds is Yara’s lively, welcoming family on the banks of the river and, together, they face a danger greater than she could ever have imagined. I have always been fascinated by what life would have been like for Jewish children, or in this case the daughter of a Jewish man, during the war, and it’s probably a silly little thing to comment on but the fact that Rosa is from Vienna rather than Germany made me really happy given that the significance of Vienna to Eva Ibbotson.

Anne Fine, British Children's Laureate (2001-3) and one of three former winners on the Guardian panel, wrote that "we all fell on Eva Ibbotson's perfectly judged, brilliantly light to read, civilised Journey To The River Sea, in which we are shown how, as one of the characters Miss Minton reminds us, 'Children must lead big lives. I’ve been a fan of Eva Ibbotson for as long as I can remember, so I approached this with trepidation. It held my attention with the elegance of the scene-setting, the strength of the characters, the plight of the forests, and of course the carefully unfolding adventure. Once the other children leave at the end of the war, Rosa is left longing to be reconnected with her mother and sister who she had left behind in Vienna. Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson's bestselling, classic masterpiece, Journey to the River Sea.Yara’s hunt for the Giant Sloth brings her to Westwood, Rosa’s home since she was evacuated from Austria. Emma Carroll also broadens the story, developing a new thread and mystery to solve, but I don't wish to give any spoilers. The adventure they go on is a bit different to the one mentioned in the blurb, but I loved the historical details of it and I thought the ending was just the most perfect, happy thing possible. Yara becomes ore secretive and disappears early one morning, her twin siblings are not happy and with Rosa they go after her.

I wanted to like this book so much :( I think, because the original was more around Maia's story, I wanted to only read about her 😂😂 so it's more of a dislike with preference than anything wrong with the actual book.Nor is corralling Palestinians into their own territories while denying them control over their lives any “solution”. With their warmth and humour, magical characters and heaps of adventure, Eva Ibbotson’s books are loved by children and adults alike. When Westwood's driver is sent to collect a foreign lady from the station, Rosa thinks her mother has come for her. Now war is over, and she is looking and waiting for the post with a letter to say her mum and sister survived. Rosa is a lovely character, strong willed but also with flaws which is what makes her character so realistic and rich, she’s also very likeable.