Kids Commune

by E.W. Hildick, Oscar Liebman (Illustrator)

Fed up with their tyrannical and hypocritical parents, the four Kershaw kids establish a kids' commune.

153 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

E.W. (Edmund Wallace) Hildick was a British children's book author. He was born in Bradford, England in 1925. After two years service in the Royal Air Force he became a secondary school teacher, then a writer, later moving to the United States to become editor of a literary magazine. He died in London in 2001.

Reviews

[Kristie · Rating 3 out of 5]

First read when I was about eight, circa 1984, this book was both inspirational and frustrating, given my interest in children's rights. Fast-forward to 2018, and little has changed.