{"id":257,"date":"2015-12-07T21:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T21:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eviemcrae.com\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2015-12-14T20:59:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T20:59:26","slug":"the-bees-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/?page_id=257","title":{"rendered":"The Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Bees.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-142 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Bees-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"eviemcrae.readinglist\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Bees-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Bees.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>The Bees by Laline Paull was a must read for me. From the age of 9 I was an avid fan of Watership Down as my gerbils (Fiver and Hazel) will attest. Our\u00a0heroine (Flora 777) changes her destiny and her world &#8211; and I&#8217;m all for that good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>If you think a story about Bees is the stuff of fairy tales, think again. These Bees are a ruthless bunch and are adept at keeping each Bee in their place. Flora 777 has the undignified honour of being born a sanitation worker &#8211; and she really should know her station in life.<\/p>\n<p>I was gripped from the first page. There was something edgy about this story and as someone who roots for the underdog I was drawn into Flora&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n<p>To sum up, The Bees had a powerful message, much as Watership Down did (I won&#8217;t give too much away). I devoured every word and was left feeling richer for this beautifully crafted story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-25.png\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bees by Laline Paull was a must read for me. From the age of 9 I was an avid fan of Watership Down as my gerbils (Fiver and Hazel) will attest. Our\u00a0heroine (Flora 777) changes her destiny and her world &#8211; and I&#8217;m all for that good stuff. If you think a story about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/?page_id=257\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":107,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions\/375"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterfly.writefromsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}