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152 pp.
| Bloomsbury |
May, 2004 |
TradeISBN 1-58234-878-2$$15.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Patrick Benson.
In literary prose ("my thirst had become so strong that I could think of little else except the need to satisfy it") a poetry-composing mouse relates the episodes of his life: his birth and sale to a pet shop, his first owner, falling into the wrong hands, escaping, and finding a new owner for a happy ending. Black-and-white sketches illustrate this gently refined tale.