- Mice, Cats, Fiction, Children's fiction
A hungry mouse and a lonely kitten become friends and seek adventure and fortune together in the streets and subways of New York City.
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Classical in form, earnest, effortless and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- George Selden
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 80
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Farrar Straus Giroux, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781466863651
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First sentence
“"At least I could have a name!" the tiny mouse said to himself.”
About George Selden · 1929–1989
George Selden was an American children's writer and author.
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