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Rebecca's World

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Excellent, a childhood classic indeed. It's because of Terry Nation that Peter Pan gave it all up for neverending childhood... the kind of story with warmth and vision that children will remember for a lifetime.

As a teenager I found this book to be an inspiration and a joy. I cannot remember the times I spent cold winter evenings in the company of Rebecca and her quest to save the last tree from the sinister creatures of her fantasy world. I would recommend this book to anybody who has an intrest in science fiction, science fantasy or the environment. I've lost my copy of this book now, but hopefully I can regain a copy and again read of Rebecca's journey. I have always vowed to share this story with my children, soon I hope this to be a reality. Read this book, you could do a lot worse for teenage fiction these days, but you couldn't do much better. Fantastic..

A teacher at school read Rebecca's World to us as a class when i was 9, at the time the environmental theme wasn't apparent becasue it was before people realised the problem. I recommend this book to everyone, particularly to teachers, because everyone I know who ever read it as a child rates it as amongst their favourite book. I wouldn't say that this book changed my life (except for spending far too much time in second hand bookshops trying to find a copy) but even when i read it now, it sparks off my imagination. Any book which makes you want to know the characters better is great in my book, and I'm still sad when the story ends because I want to know more about the world, and the characters. I eventually found a copy, and it is one of my most treasured possessions, probably more so because the child who owned it before me carefully coloured in the map at the front, and the pictures at the back. This should be on every childs reading list.

This is an amazing book which I came across over twenty years ago and hundreds of students have loved listening to the story. It is about a girl who lands up on another planet and has wonderful adventures. The characters she meets all teach her about life and the message of how we are detroying our planet is very clear. My original copy became very tattered and I decided to order another one. However, in spite of the book being supposedly sent on 13th July, I STILL haven't received my new one. Numerous emails later .... NO BOOK!
A super read if you can get your hands on it!

When Mum got me this book from the library I just fell in love with it. Rebecca's World is arguably my favourite book from childhood. Later she bought me a copy and I read it so much it became well-worn and tattered. I lost that copy but I was extremely lucky to find another.

Looking back at it now, I can see it was ahead of its time with its sterling message of mass deforestation brought about by greed and short-sightedness and the ecological consequences which brought misery for all. Nowadays the book would be extremely topical, so why not bring it back? Even better, why not bring it to television or the movie screen? Okay, it may be a little too weird to translate (The Bad Habits and Tongue-Twister Monster, for example, may not work so well on the screen)but you never know.

There is one error I have noticed: Rebecca has seen "television science-fiction programmes" - so why do the illustrations show her clad in Victorian dress?

Young Rebecca is illicitly peering through her father' brand new astral telescope when she is suddenly transported to another planet. There, she meets the green fur clad Grisby, who has the most painful feet in the universe; Captain K, an unprepossessing superhero with a homemade red costume; and Kovak, a spy with a thousand disguises, all embarrassingly alike.

Their planet, once covered with a beautiful forest, is now occupied by a glittering glass city. Long ago, when the Glister family learned to make glass, their furnaces were fueled by wood, and the forest was soon destroyed. The planet's inhabitants didn't realize that the scent from the trees repelled GHOSTS, horrible shapeless monsters who kidnap people, torture them, and change them into GHOSTS.

When the GHOSTS invaded the city, the already affluent Glisters seized the opportunity to increase their wealth by cutting down the last few trees and creating wooden GHOST shelters.

During the frequent GHOST attacks, the people are charged a fee to enter the GHOST shelters, then charged double to leave. Except for the GHOST shelters, the only remaining piece of wood is a pointy stick Captain K uses to combat the enemy.

According to an old story, the last living tree sits on an unidentified island in the middle of a lake. Its exact location can only be determined by decoding a map that is currently in the possession of the last member of the Glister family, Mister Glister.

When Rebecca is invited to Mister Glister's palatial home for tea, she plans to steal the map and find the GHOST tree, with or without her three unusual friends. Will her quest succeed, or will Mister Glister's greed finally destroy the inhabitants of the Forbidden Planet?

This exciting and creative quest tale is like a cross between The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 100th Anniversary Edition (Books of Wonder) and The Lorax (Classic Seuss) with a dash of The Phantom Tollbooth thrown in. It illustrates how greed can lead a world to the brink of extinction, and how ordinary people can accomplish the extraordinary tasks necessary to restore the environment.

Not counting the maps on the front and back endpapers, the book contains forty-four whimsical illustrations by Larry Learmonth (thirty-two black and white, and twelve in color).

It is a shame that this book is out of print. Somebody, please reprint this!

This book opened my mind to the realm of science fiction. It was my favourite book as a child and I cherish it still. It sits on my bookshelf now that I have discarded many of my childhood bits and pieces, having moved countries and grown up.

Rebecca's world is my most favorite story

I was looking at all the other reviews of this book, hoping to find the answer of where it is! I had a copy when i was young and read it till it fell apart, i don't know where it is now, but i like another reviewer really want my children to read this book, it has everything you ever need as a child growing up. extremely funny, educating about the world we live in, how good friendships are so rare in this day and age, that to find a good one you are truely greatful. It leaves you not wanting to put it down as you are in this other world Terry is writing about, to put the book down is like shutting this planet off!

This deeply touched my fourth grade mind and I have searched for a copy ever since. Hopefully I will find a copy.