The Danger of Small Things

Description Share Post The Danger of Small Things Caryl Lewis (Simon & Schuster) Rose loaned Jess’s Mum’s books for Jess and Shey to read. They learned about art and sketched and drew. In fact, Jess dreams of Pre-Raphaelite forms as she plans how to stand up to Father Renatus and the regime. Although the girls are told that their work is for the family, for the good of society, they know it isn’t so. After all, why do the Mothers and Fathers have food, when they are rationed? Why are drink and sleep and happiness rationed? Thereafter, it’s all brushing the blossom, working as the honeybees once did, before the Earth died.  Caryl Lewis has absorbed younger reading audiences with titles such as the award winning Seed. Like that book, The Danger of Small Things is nurtured by hope. Although all about Jess seems ordained, from the daily routines, from rag washing to ladder balancing, she remembers her mother’s strength and message. Thereafter, she recalls Rose’s stories and tells them to Cass, encourages her to think of a world outside. Yet, how can these girls escape from their Handmaid’s Tale like certainty? Bookwagon is awed by this magnificent book. We recommend The Danger of Small Things to all our older, teen readers.