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A harrowing adventure inside enemy territory. Heather and Picket are plunged into the darkness of Morbin's shadow, fighting to bear the flame of the cause and light the way for rabbitkind's upright insurrection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Jerry Chacon Jr.
- 11-11-15
Amazing
I love these stories. They are so lively with so much spirit. Love them so much.
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Justin Rule
- 08-29-19
Good!👍🏻
I love the book it’s great. 🤪😃🙂🙃🤣😂😍🥰😘
The narrator was ok but was a little slow I had to speed it up. But other than that she was great 👍🏻
I would recommend this book only to people that like
Fun little story’s with fun little adventures.
I love this book. But I like the first book best so far.
🤗😘😋🥰
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- Wife, Mother, Gardener
- 03-23-18
Amazon reading of a great adventure!
We love listening to this for our Morning Time in homeschool this winter. :) Amazing reader! Excellent.
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- preferred user
- 02-06-18
Another great book by Arthur Ransome
Would you try another book from Arthur Ransome and/or Alison Larkin?
Yes, I plan to 'read' them all
Who was your favorite character and why?
Capt Flint as always is easy going and very tolerant/protective of all of the children.
Did Alison Larkin do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Yes, but I was disappointed the the 'whispering' parts as the volume had to be increased to understand these parts.
Could you see Winter Holiday being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Probably not. The whole attitude regarding children running free and not truly getting into trouble or worse just doesn't work today
Any additional comments?
I was skeptical at first as the other books have a nautical theme and this one was winter/ice/snow. Was good just the same.