Though God is never mentioned, and the rabbits have no religious observance of any kind, author S.D. A window into the past and the future world. We make crutches and soups and have gardens and weddings and babies. …we anticipate the Mended Wood, the Great Wood healed…. Or as one of the wisest of these rabbits puts it, Their former and peaceful realm fell to the wolves after it was betrayed from within, so now these rabbits in exile look forward to a time when the Great Wood will be restored. They escape to a community that is hidden away from the ravaging wolves, and made up of exiled rabbits that once lived in the Great Wood. It isn’t clear if mom, dad and baby Jack are dead…but it seems like that might well be, and that could be a bit much for the very young (I’m planning on skipping over that bit when I get to it with my preschool daughters). It’s this last detail that might warrant some caution as to how appropriate this would be for the very young. The story begins with siblings Pickett and Heather being torn from the only home they’ve known, pursued by wolves, and separated from their parents and baby brother. This is children’s fiction, intended for preteens and early teens, so naturally, the heroes are children too.
“Rabbits with swords” – it’s an irresistible combination, and all I had to say to get my two oldest daughters to beg me to start reading.Īs you might expect of a sword epic, this has a feudal feel, with rabbit lords and ladies, and noble rabbit knights and, of course, villainous wolves.
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