There are a few other pieces that just don’t add up. We’re told that Tash and Sam get a ride to Lhasa, from where they set off – on foot – to India. One look at a map reveals why this is a tough pill to swallow. A story of adventure, survival, courage, and hope, set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet and India. Despite my complaints, though, the book did make me reevaluate some ideas I thought were settled in my mind. It made me question what I thought I knew. It made me research and read up on current events that escaped my notice. It opened my eyes, and that’s the true beauty of all good literature. The perfect summer novel for young middle-grade readers, [a] tale of adventure and courage, halfway around the world . . . a story told with hope and compassion.” A richly atmospheric story of survival and hope set in Tibet and India, filled with friendship, love and courage. This young girl's thrilling journey to save her parents is an ideal read for fans of Katherine Rundell, Lauren St John or Polly Ho-Yen.

Running on the Roof of the World is one of those stories that gives its young readers an honest understanding of some of the awful things that go on in the world, but balance that understanding with a narrative of survival and hope so that the reading of it isn't a depressing or distressing experience. This is an important thing. It's how we build empathy in our young people and it's how they will, one day, be able to make the world a better place. You might think it utopian of me to say that, but I don't think it is. The stories that resonate with us when we are young shape us in important ways and carry us through life. I really liked the exciting adventure throughout the story. There are some sad parts, some happy parts and some scary parts, but I just couldn’t stop reading it. With the awakening of public interest in Tibet, the Pamirs, "since 1875 ... probably the best explored region in High Asia", [4] went out of the limelight and the description "Roof of the World" has been increasingly applied to Tibet [9] [10] and the Tibetan plateau, and occasionally, especially in French ( "Toit du monde"), even to Mt. Everest, [11] but the traditional use is still alive. [12] Where the world's tallest mountain ranges meet Panorama of the Pamirs, the Original Roof of the World Tash has to follow many rules to survive in Tibet, a country occupied by Chinese soldiers. But when a man sets himself on fire in protest and soldiers seize Tash’s parents, she and her best friend Sam must break the rules. They are determined to escape Tibet – and seek the help of the Dalai Lama himself in India. Reminded me A Long Walk to Water and The White Rose (about a Jewish teen Nazi resister, Sophie Scholl), two stories about kids becoming more aware and active in politics. Or Tree Girl, or Forgotten Fire (YA, about the Armenian genocide) but to be truthful, I liked all of them more than this book.Summary: A wonderful middle grade story of survival and hope set in the Himalayan landscape in Tibet and India. And also a careful but honest description of the Chinese occupation and the issues surrounding it.

Cover: Rob Biddulph Running on the Roof of the World is the debut middle grade novel from Jess Butterworth. Running on the Roof of the World follows 12-year-old Tash as she gets thrust into world and political events much larger than herself and rather unexpectedly finds herself attempting the cross-Himalayan trek out of China and into India.Detailed reading notes and lesson activities for Running on the Roof of the World, arichly atmospheric story of survival and hope set in Tibet and India, filled with friendship, love and courage. The Roof of the World or Top of the World is a metaphoric epithet or phrase used to describe the high region in the world, also known as High Asia. The term usually refers to the mountainous interior of Asia, including the Pamirs, the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, the Hindu Kush, the Tian Shan, and the Altai Mountains. Join 12-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam in a story of adventure, survival and hope, set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet and India. Filled with friendship, love and courage, this young girl’s thrilling journey to save her parents is an ideal read for children aged 9-12. This beautifully designed book is a richly atmospheric story of friendship, courage and survival. It provides a rare insight into Tibetan culture and raises timely questions about the nature of freedom, without being overtly political. Although there are some distressing moments, these are sensitively handled and the overriding message is one of hope and compassion. This is FAR more than I would have guessed, and almost none of them have made Western news headlines. Most of those cases occurred in Qinghai and Sichuan Provinces rather than in Tibet itself, but there are reasons for that that go beyond the scope of this book review.

There’s so much about this book that, on the surface, calls out to me and screams my name. A middle-grade novel about a tough-as-nails female protagonist. A Tibetan setting. Asian characters with a unique (to middle-grade books) Buddhist perspective. LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. this is exactly what I’m looking for with RAtW books. It covers a human story over geographic terrain in the context of some great conflict. THIS is the formula I’ve been seeking. I hope there will be a sequel to come because Running on the Roof of the World was possibly one of the best books I have ever read. This unique debut novel is perfect for inspiring anyone who, like the dedication says, ‘has ever felt too small to make a difference.’”Set in the swamps of Louisiana this exciting adventure story combines with a hopeful message about fighting climate change and caring for the earth and its animals. This book is good, though I though it dragged in some sections and I got bored easily. I think there should have been more action and I thought I was gliding through it, not being surprised enough. It was very predictable. Apart from that it is very very good. I like the part when Tash was running out of her house and being chased by soldiers, I thought it was very dramatic. Tash lives in Tibet with her parents. From the opening chapter Butterworth highlights Tash’s life – full of rules dictated by an inflexible army. Soldiers to be scared of, soldiers to watch out for.

For other uses, see Roof of the World (disambiguation). Physical map of Central Asia from the Caucasus in the northwest, to Mongolia in the northeast.There have been almost 150 cases of self-immolation protests among Tibetans in China since 2009. Not since China invaded in 1950 or since the Tibetan uprising in 1959 but in just the last 10 years! The chapters are short and punchy. The opening of each is decorated with a wonderful mandala styled illustration, it’s like gathering a collection of glorious rewards as you continue with Tash and Sam on their journey. Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference I loved the adventure the characters went on, their strength, their courage. They set their minds on a goal and did everything in their power to achieve it.