A heartwarming story that any child would enjoy. I loved the written and how accessible it is to all age groups. The story had a wonderful message and was such a fun read.

This was such a fun adventurous tale of characters who dared to be different and stand up for what is right! Love the themes throughout and will be buying this book for my classroom library/adding to my read aloud list.

Unlike her parents and fellow wombats in the village on Tassie Island, Lola Budge is curious, chatty and explores when the other wombats sleep. This trait works to her advantage when she returns from an excursion to find that her parents and neighbors have been kidnapped and are being hauled away in a cage pulled by swamp rats and overseen by a ruthless wild eyed Tassie Devil. A cryptic message from her uncle who works for the Queen catapults Lola on a quest to reach the royal city in order to seek help from her uncle and rescue the wombats. Along the way, Lola meets a a trio of rats also traveling to the royal city, and one particularly fastidious rat decides to accompany Lola. They find a
ravenous baby penguin which they rescue, and both the baby penguin and the dignified rat make for great humor. Good pacing with lots of Australian animal characters, with an environmental and social justice themed plot. Great read, and excellent option for those who find the “Redwall” books too lengthy.

What a lovely tale! I absolutely loved Lola, and her growth throughout the story. She was such a fierce little wombat! Young readers will absolutely devour this book.

Thank you Fierce Reads at Macmillan for providing me a review copy of Braver: A Wombat's Tale. This in no way affected my opinion.

I read this story with my son who is 12. He loves the Warriors series and animal adventures. This book was right up his alley. It was clear for him to understand and dive right into the story arc. He is hoping for more in the future. I think this is a fun story that transcended to all ages. In that sense it reminded me of Redwall. Even adults and teachers will enjoy this story with children.

I am highly recommending this one!

Mother/son writing team, Suzanne Selfors and Walker Ranson both credit Brian Jacques and his Redwall series for the creation of “Braver” and certainly readers of that series will see similarities . But this is not a rehash of the phenomenal heroes from Mossflower Wood or the fortress of Salamandastron. There is, however, the same major anthropomorphism of animals that almost has readers believing that a young wombat could save an island kingdom of creatures and Lola and her penguin and swamp rat friends do exactly that. The pacing of this book starts slow and almost lost me, but once the trek to the royal city is fully underway, readers will have trouble putting “Braver” down. Recommended for readers in 5th-8th grade and those who love not only Redwall, but other series like Lasky’s Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Applegate’ Endling, and maybe even books from Erin Hunter’s never ending animal adventures. No profanity, gory violence or sexual content. Thanks for the dARC, NetGalley.

This book was received as an ARC from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group - Imprint in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

This book was so adorably brilliant that I could not get enough. I thought it was the funniest thing ever that a wombat has a name like Lola Budge and her personality for becoming a brave wombat. When Lola find out that her parents have been captured by a demon unknown for many generations, it's up to her with the help of Queen Tassie to find this demon, defeat it and save her family and her fellow wombats. I know our younger readers especially fans of the Warriors series will appreciate this book a lot. I know this book will do very well at our library.

We will consider adding this title to our JFiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.