The Explorer: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

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Oddly, I had a really hard time getting into this one. It's right up my alley, so I'm not sure exactly why that was. My best guess is that this book read just like watching a movie. You could see every move people made, and hear what they said, and experience what they saw...but it didn't have the depth that I expect in a book. Yes, even a middle-grade book. She also spent much of her time reading, particularly during her ninth and 10th years, when the foster sister her parents were caring for was dying. “I spent a huge amount of time escaping the world reading, and I think it is no coincidence that I write for the age that I was when that happened,” she muses. It was “deeply sad. Big and sad and difficult and new and profoundly painful … It was the saddest I had ever been. It’s young to discover death. What happens is you circle your wagons and draw the people you love closer and the things you love closer and for me that was books.” How CAWPILE didn't come out as five stars I don't know. This book isn't perfect but it's pretty damn close! Drabble, Emily (3 April 2014). "Katherine Rundell wins the Waterstones children's book prize 2014". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 January 2017.

Costa Book Awards 2017" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2018 . Retrieved 3 January 2018. Major Characters: Fred, Con & Lila (12-13 year olds), Max (Lila’s 5 year old brother), Baca (Lila’s pet /Sloth Bear) and The Explorer (A mystery for the reader to explore) Presenter: John Wilson (broadcaster) Producer: Hilary Dunn (3 January 2018). "Neil Cross, Katherine Rundell, Book prize judging". Front Row. 11:55 minutes in. BBC. BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 3 January 2018. Fred es un niño inglés, del que todo el mundo dice que es un niño tranquilo y sensato, pero que siempre ha soñado con ser explorador. Ahora tiene que demostrarse a si mismo si realmente tiene madera de explorador. Fisher, Philip (3 August 2016). "Life According to Saki". British Theatre Guide . Retrieved 23 January 2017.Rundell, Katherine (8 August 2019). Why you should read children's books, even though you are so old and wise. London. ISBN 978-1526610072. OCLC 1086484369. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

There are many messages in this book and its hard to say what they are without spoiling the book, but there is the message of love being important, the important of caring for people, and the message that you are perfect just the way you are - never let anyone change you. It’s funny,’ said Con… ‘The birds here make the birds in England look like they’re dressed for a job interview.’” With dreams of writing another play, that adult novel bubbling under and a picture book – her second – in the works, Rundell is also finding the time to take flying trapeze lessons. It’s all in aid of her new children’s novel, but she won’t say any more. More importantly, some lines just hit hard. In a time and age, where heroes falter and idols crumble, I’ve personally made a note of these words:Moshenska, Joe (29 March 2022). "The Poet and the Whale". Literary Review . Retrieved 28 February 2023. Contia es una niña pija, solitaria y altiva, acostumbrada a arreglárselas sola pero rodeada de comodidades. Ahora deberá ampliar sus horizontes, ver más allá de su ambiente conocido.

I loved the way this narrative ran, it was a classic survival-in-the-wild style story but then we are introduced to a mysterious man called 'The Explorer' (I must not have read the blurb because this aspect was a surprise to me!). I loved this element of the story especially since this figure felt sinister at first but his development revealed hidden depths and a heart-warming relationship with one of our protagonists. Are you studying the novel ‘The Explorer’ with your class this term? Well, we’re here to help with this booklet of The Explorer Teacher Notes, created in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing. It’s the perfect resource to support you in delivering exciting lessons related to this adventure novel by Katherine Rundell. Auf "Mitten im Dschungel" war ich schon sehr gespannt, da ich Survivalszenarien schon immer sehr gern gemocht habe. Hier habe ich mir eine Geschichte voller Abenteuer gewünscht und diese auch bekommen, sodass mir das Buch gut gefallen hat. For one second nobody breathed. The jungle waited. Then Max let out a second scream that dug deep into the night and the four of them turned and fled.” Rooftoppers. Illustrated by Terry Fan. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 24 September 2013. ISBN 978-1442490581. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link)The story has several unexpected twists and turns. It builds and builds, and gets better and better. I made a lot of highlights during the second half of the book. There are several unexpected moments.