The Umbrella Mouse
Anna Fargher
Illustrated by Sam Usher
Ages 9 to 11
02 May 2019Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury's Book Prize for Fiction and selected for Waterstones Book of the Month.
1944, and London is under attack. Young mouse Pip Hanway's safe and quiet world is...
Details
02 May 2019256 pages
9781529003987Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
An ambitious and wonderfully well-achieved first novel.Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse
A spellbinding tale of bravery and hope, where courage is found in the smallest of heroesGill Lewis, author of Sky Hawk
An exquisite children's bookTelegraph, 50 best books of 2019
Move over War Horse . . . [an] enchanting first novel . . . beautifully writtenTelegraph
