Under the Quilt of Night book review by Oleksandr

Title of the Book: Under the Quilt of Night 

Author Name: Deborah Hopkinson 

Reviewer's Name: Oleksandr 

Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks: Simon & Schuster

 Date of Publication: 2005 

 Rating: 1-5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

The book Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson, it is telling the story of a young man who was a slave and is running away from the person who enslaved him. The storyline also takes a tight turn when the slave owner with his men came to the driver and almost caught everyone while on the way to Canada, but luckily it was avoided and it all turned out well. In the end, they all successfully escaped from the slave owners and finally got their freedom. The value of this text is that it shows how hard it is for people who were enslaved against their will to get their freedom back and everyone deserves freedom. The mood of the story changes rapidly throughout the plot of the story, for example, when once they were all happy because they finally got shelter and all of the sudden the slave owner came and the mood changed to scared and worried. 

In this picture book, the illustrations display exactly what the author wants for the audience to see, so the audience won’t get some themes confused while they are imagining the text and won’t have mixed emotions. Overall, the book is very interesting and informative. It also uses literary devices like a simile. One example of a simile is when in the book, the narrator said “ Straw pricks my skin like needles” comparing the straw to needles because of the sharpness. Even though there aren't too many examples of simile, the author still uses an appropriate amount of literary devices for their intended idea and audience. Although simile is present here, for some part of the audience who is still very young, it might be confusing. Also, the author is using simple words and not any complex ones so the intended audience is young kids. Overall, the book is really good and interesting for the intended audience age.