The Runaways

by Holly Webb

It's London in the late 1930s, and the Second World War is imminent. Molly's beloved dog Bertie is now considered 'surplus to requirement'. Molly runs away and when she comes across two other runaways that she starts to feel safe again. Maybe, just maybe, with each other's help, they have a chance of overcoming the trials put in front of them.

Genres: Middle Grade, World War II, Historical

300 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2019

About the author

Holly Webb is one of Britain's best-loved children's writers. She has written over a hundred books for children, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Holly lives in Tilehurst, just outside of Reading, Berkshire, with her husband, three children and several cats.

Reviews

[Lola · Rating 2 out of 5]

I personally didn't enjoy it . It was quite boring and I was not happy reading it. I couldn't get into the book. It was a sad but good ending, that was the only thing I liked about it 😕.

[rhez · Rating 3 out of 5]

"It wasn't that she hadn't understood, more that she hadn't seen what the words meant."

The more I think about it, the more sad it is.

[Sophie Toovey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to my 9 year old. Good historical detail and lots of twists and turns in Molly’s journey. Reminded me of Goodnight Mister Tom. The structure felt a bit rambling though, without clear marker points and Molly doesn’t really change. The ending is quite abrupt.

[Nilofar Panah · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book was incredibly dull. I dnf’d about 100 pages in and I want my time back. The worst part is my problem with this book wasn’t anything to do with the “war aspects” (I guess you could call them that) it was the way it was written. Nice concept but badly executed.

[Gibi Manu · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was not a bad book. I quite enjoyed it. The ending was soo sad but I hope that they looked into it more rather than just past it like it's a small thing. Not only that, this book is too good to be true during a time of war everything is scary risky, and crucial but in the book, most things go well at a certain point and nothing that dangerous. Long story short, i quite enjoyed the book and would recommend it to everyone,

[Samantha Pope · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book looking at children in World War II. Some of it felt a little far fetched and Molly, while generally a likeable character, reacts in some strange ways to events unfolding around her so I didn’t warm to her as much as I thought I would, particularly at the end. A good adventure and evocation of life during the war.

[Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Runaways is a emotional book Very well written

[Nivedhya Rajesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. I loved it. It was very sad at the end😢😢.

[Hazel Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! 4.999... stars. I loved the fact that Molly's mother didn't allow her to be evacuated. The ending is quite sudden and that's the only bit I don't quite luck.

[Alice Robbins · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story is very good but I don't like the way it is written. It has the same ideas as goodnight Mr tom just without the quality of writing.

[Mythshade · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25!
It was okay.... I wasn't really invested in the story, but i liked the writing style and I liked the characters.

[Gloria Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Lovely story set in the war some very sad parts though but thoroughly enjoyed this book This is the 2nd time i have read this book and still enjoyed it 2nd time round Re read again and still enjoyed it