Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Young Fredle

Title: Young Fredle
Author: Cynthia Voigt
ISBN 13: 978-0375864575
Publication Date: January 2011

In the tradition of other valiant and lovable mice comes Fredle.  Inedible Fredle, as he comes to be known, is a curious house mouse who gets pushed out of his nest when he's poisoned by a peppermint patty.  Having never seen the outside of a kitchen, let alone the outside of the house, Fredle has to survive the great outdoors with limited house mouse skills.  He's an earnest little mouse, and that serves him well in his adventures as he makes friends with some dogs, some woodshed mice, a family of cellar mice, and even endears himself to a clan of racoons.  He escapes a house cat, a black rat snake and the hungry talons of a bird of prey, and he witnesses beauties no other house mouse has ever lived to see.  With all the attributes of a little hero, Fredle discovers what it takes to be himself no matter what world he lives in.

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