Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
I was going through my draft posts and happened upon this review template for Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem. Looks like I read it back in September and completely forgot about posting about it. Luckily, I do remember some details about the book so I thought I would try to spit some thoughts out about it.
What I liked about Escape Under the Forever Sky was that it takes place in Ethiopia. Thirteen-year-old Lucy is the daughter of an American Ambassador and is sick and tired of being treated like a baby who can’t take care of herself. Her over-protective mother won’t let her go out on her own. What she wants most is a bit of freedom. She longs for the African Safari and the animals that she loves so much.
Lucy decides that she’s had enough and while at her best friends house sneaks away from her bodyguard fully intent on having some innocent fun in town. Her over-protective mother has always been over-protective for a reason and Lucy fatefully discovers that reason when she is kidnapped. Taken to a remote location in the Ethiopian wilderness, Lucy knows that she can not rely on the American Embassy for help. Her only hope is to escape and stay ahead of her kidnappers while braving the wild animals, dense forest, and finding civilization.
I thought this was a great book about a young American girl living in Africa who discovers she has much to learn about the world. A very fast read and I’d recommend it. It’s one of those books where she’s so bratty in the beginning that you know that she’s got to have something coming for her. Come it did.
Links of interest: Eve Yohalem website, book club questions, more book blogger reviews.
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, approx ages 9-12.
Publisher: Chronicle Books. April 15, 2009
Hardcover, 224 pages. ISBN: 081186653X
Source copy: Library
Escape Under the Forever Sky is available from your favorite independent bookstore, Powell’s, and Amazon.
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Tags: Africa, E-H Title, Ethiopia, female author, Fiction, published 2009, Publisher: Chronicle Books, U-Z Author
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I have this in my pile somewhere. I like the idea of a book featuring foreign service officers.
on January 31st, 2010 at 2:16 amOh, this one looks like a good book, maybe even good to read with the kids.
I still haven’t made a review cheat sheet, and this reminded me I need a template for that.
on January 31st, 2010 at 7:47 amI think I’d like to read it just for the traveling-across-Africa wild animals parts.
on January 31st, 2010 at 8:44 ami love this book i told all my friends to read it and they all so far love it to i also recomend every one else to read to!
on January 31st, 2010 at 10:26 pmsounds like an interesting book.
on February 1st, 2010 at 8:22 amI love your reviews. They don’t ruin the ending for us, you just tease us and make us want to read. This sounds like a good read.
on February 1st, 2010 at 8:29 am