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Why I Loved Runt the Brave

A short in-class book review on Runt The Brave By Daniel Shwabauer. that I wrote Yesterday.

Runt the Brave by Daniel Shwabauer is a wonderful book full of suspense, courage, mystery, and bravery. I love the way that Mr. S wrote an allegorical book, that did not feel in the least allegorical, Nor in anyway preachy. The story is told as story, nothing more, nothing less. He showed the bravery of a mouse, a most humble of beasts. He told Runt’s story. He did not push themes on you, nor did he preach, it was just a mouse’s story.

 The feel of the book is very in depth, as a reader you really feel like you are part of the story, not only the story of Runt, but a much bigger story, the story of life.  You never doubt as you read that the story may be fiction. You take for granted that it is true. Even if Runt is perhaps fictitious, the story at its heart is real.

You not only see courage in Runt, but in the mentor character of LaRish, in how LaRish Dies in a last fight against the biggest meanest rat of the country.   Every good guy shows his courage. Even if you only meet them once, like the guards who fall during the rat invasion, you feel like you know them. It is this feeling of intimacy with the characters that helps make it such a great story.

Mr. S Has a wonderful authors voice, that tells the facts as they are, that gets into Runt’s head without feeling  unnatural, it is down to earth, but with a hint of epicness to it.

Mr. S’s grasp of story is shown in this epic battle of good versus evil.  It may be written for children. But the truths that seep through the story are age old. 

If you want to buy the book go Here

copyright Kevin Barkman 2011

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