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  • Published: 15 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780375857874
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

Young Fredle




"Move Over, Stuart Little"--Kirkus Reviews, Starred
From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt comes a heartwarming tale of one mouse's quest to figure out where he truly belongs.

Cynthia Voigt crafts a novel about discovery, perspective, and the meaning of home—all through the eyes of an affable and worried little mouse. Fredle is an earnest young fellow suddenly cast out of his cozy home behind the kitchen cabinets—into the outside. It's a new world of color and texture and grass and sky. But with all that comes snakes and rain and lawnmowers and raccoons and a different sort of mouse (field mice, they're called) not entirely trustworthy. Do the dangers outweigh the thrill of discovery? Fredle's quest to get back inside soon becomes a wild adventure of predators and allies, of color and sound, of discovery and nostalgia. And, as Fredle himself will come to understand, of freedom.

  • Published: 15 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780375857874
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

Praise for Young Fredle

"Young Fredle takes his place beside other mouse luminaries and proves breaking rules isn't always bad."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"This is a writer at the top of her form, warm without sentimentality, wise without pretension."--The Horn Book Magazine, Starred

"The allure of the world versus the beauty of belonging is just one of the many complex issues addressed in this engaging story."--School Library Journal