![]() She especially liked the narrator's voice and the proverbs and cat idioms she uses. She's now asking about other books by Richard Peck. "This is not a book my 10-year-old daughter picked up to read on her own when I left it lying around, so we read it aloud. ![]() Will our Cranston heroes squeak by, or will they go entirely overboard? There are plenty of laughs and thrills, and of course there’s a ship’s cat too. ![]() The masterful Richard Peck brings all of his talents to this tale of two branches of an American family, set on the eve of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. and titled mice, and surprise endings for all. When the Cranston humans decide to sail away to England to find a husband for one of their daughters, the Cranston mice stow away in the name of family solidarity.Īnd so begins the scamper of their lives as Helena, her siblings, and their humans set sail on a life-changing voyage into the great world of titled humans. Helena is big-sister mouse to three younger siblings, living a snug and well-fed life within the ancient walls of the Cranston family home. ![]()
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