Secrets at Sea
Narrator: Jayne Entwistle
Imprint: Listening Library
Grades: Grades 4-7
Ages: 9-12 years
Release Date: January 10, 2012
3 Hours and 45 Minutes
List Price: $26
ISBN: 9780307968296
Categories:
Juvenile Fiction - Animals - Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc., Juvenile Fiction - Family - General (See Also Headings Under Social Themes), Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Europe
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. 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.
And 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 . . . and titled mice, with surprise endings for all. 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. There are plenty of laughs and thrills, and of course there’s a ship’s cat, too. Will our Cranston heroes squeak by, or will they go entirely overboard?
And 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 . . . and titled mice, with surprise endings for all. 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. There are plenty of laughs and thrills, and of course there’s a ship’s cat, too. Will our Cranston heroes squeak by, or will they go entirely overboard?
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