The Orphan and the Mouse

✍ Scribed by Freeman, Martha

• Book ID: 109008743
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 992 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780823432592

✦ Synopsis

Mary mouse is a skilled thief of useful human items. At the Cherry Street Children's Home, the entire mouse community admires her . . .until a mission goes wrong and an exterminator is called. Suddenly Mary is in grave danger of being exiled. Ten-year-old Caro McKay also reside at Cherry Street. Helpful, likable, and smart, she is a model orphan . . .until her curiousity gets her into trouble. When mouse and orphan meet, they cannot fully communicate with each other, yet they feel an understanding. They will each discover that this unusual friendship is absolutely vital as they try to hold on to the lives they know. Set in 1949 and taking inspiration from E. B. White's Stuart Little, this heartwarming and exciting novel reads like a classic.