Fortunately fairly rarely newspaper headlines tell that a child has been abducted by an estranged parent, usually the father. They are then taken to some foreign land, and it appear very difficult to get them back. (Amazon is full of such stories.)
This was certainly the theme, several decades ago of Deborah Moggach's excellent book 'Stolen' and the subsequent TV series of 1990, in which I remember Art Malik the most!
I wanted to write a book about the situation from the view point of the abducted child. What must it be like to suddenly loose not only your other parent, but your friends, school, way of life and in fact everything that you are familiar with. It must be a nightmare.
In this story 10 year old Tom is taken by his drunken father to a remote part of Poland, in order that he can work their smallholding. From the very first night the child is determined to run away, and somehow or other, get back home.
However, he has no money, no foreign language skills, no friends and in fact little ide in what direction to go!
I think if this was real life, rather than a story aimed at 9-12 year old boys who think reading's boring, evil people would soon find the child, but I definitely didn't want to go down that path.
My other blog is Nottinghamshire Notes
This was certainly the theme, several decades ago of Deborah Moggach's excellent book 'Stolen' and the subsequent TV series of 1990, in which I remember Art Malik the most!I wanted to write a book about the situation from the view point of the abducted child. What must it be like to suddenly loose not only your other parent, but your friends, school, way of life and in fact everything that you are familiar with. It must be a nightmare.
In this story 10 year old Tom is taken by his drunken father to a remote part of Poland, in order that he can work their smallholding. From the very first night the child is determined to run away, and somehow or other, get back home.
However, he has no money, no foreign language skills, no friends and in fact little ide in what direction to go!
I think if this was real life, rather than a story aimed at 9-12 year old boys who think reading's boring, evil people would soon find the child, but I definitely didn't want to go down that path.
So this is a story about courage, determination and the goodness of strangers. It can be purchased by clicking here
My other blog is Nottinghamshire Notes
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