The Escape Reviewed By Samuel Olivier Benloulou

The Escape Reviewed By Samuel Olivier Benloulou

The Escape is the first book of a series of spy novels written by Robert Muchamore. The story happens in France during World War II at a time when the Nazi where invading and forcing the civilians to flee. The story is about two German children who are tracked by Germans soldiers and about a British spy Charles Henderson who is trying to reached them before the German can. Marc a thirteen-year-old orphan who fled teams up with Charles Henderson in the search of the 2 German children and their father. They need to find them before the Nazis do because they are in possession of very important documents. The father of the two Britain children is killed during an attack leaving his two young children on their own.

The Escape is a drama and action novel. The main theme of the book is perseverance. The perseverance was shown when mark is stranded in Paris and he never gives up After all the troubles the characters goes through they never give up and find their way to safety. Marc, one of the main characters is very courageous.  On his own he escaped an abusive orphanage with an abusive leader. He took many risks and went to Paris an unknown city for Mark. Mark went to live in a cheap hotel and got tortured by the Nazis for information he did not know. The two others main character Paul, eleven-year-old and Rose, thirteen-year-old are also courageous, after their dad dies while attacked by Nazis, they continue their journey has asked by their father. Rose was very determined and guided her brother through the story. Paul is younger and scared. He is a little insecure but with the help of his big sister he was able to follow. After Henderson, Marc, Rose and Paul meet they tried to escape Paris.

The author did a very good job explaining and showing the theme, the perseverance was shown when Mark is stranded in Paris and does not know what to do. Mark finally gets out of Paris with a man named Henderson. The courage was shown when Rose and Paul need to leave their dad dead during a bombing, I know it would have been very hard to leave their dad dead lying on the floor while a bombing which is why I shows it to represent courage. The three characters don’t meet each other early in the book has a matter of fact, the book follows two different stories which are at the same place and at the same time. Henderson and Marc meet up with Rose and Paul later in the novel. The novel is very interesting because it was during World War II and it has a very good setting and the Author did a good job showing detail and showing the theme