The Sky Over Rebecca
Matthew Fox
Subjects
- History Time - blasts from the past
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
Average rating
Winner of The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2019
There was a single trail of footprints, the first I’d seen all morning. They were fresh tracks, I saw, the edges of the impressions in the snow quite hard. Small feet. Like mine. Someone my age.
Then they stopped.
When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow, ten-year-old Kara must discover where they’ve come from – and who they belong to. They lead Kara to Rebecca, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, and her younger brother Samuel. Kara realises they are refugees – from another time, World War Two – and are trying to find their way home.
The grief and loneliness that Rebecca and Samuel have endured is something Kara can relate to – feeling like you’re always on the outside looking in – and she finds herself compelled to help them. Through her eyes, we rediscover the magic that lies in the world around us, if only we have the courage to look for it.
Kara is a heroine for modern times: fragile but fierce, in this utterly compelling story from a stellar new voice in children’s literature, Matthew Fox
Reviews
An unforgettable tale of heartbreak... In Snowy Stockholm, Kara is spending winter alone with her mum and grandfather... Back in 1944, Rebecca and her brother, Samuel can barely wait for the winter to end and with it, the war... When their two worlds meet, Kara is determined to help Rebecca and her brother survive the winter. But then disaster strikes. Can Kara help Samuel onto an awaiting plane to safety when all else has failed? I love this book! An unforgettable tale of heartbreak. I finnished this in less than 12 hours or compacted down to 3! An amazing tale, and I actually cried when Rebecca died!! I loved this book and It makes me think of a pantoum (a sort of poem) and a book called In Darkling Wood (Emma Carroll. Be sure to check her out! Her books are cracking, and even if in Darkling Wood isn't for you, one of her other books surely is!) It was sooo confusing, but I loved it
Anonymous 04.09.2022
