The Umbrella Mouse
Anna Fargher author Sam Usher illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:2nd May '19
Should be back in stock very soon
One mouse's fight to survive WWII in an incredible journey of bravery and friendship, beautifully illustrated by Sam Usher.
One mouse's fight to survive WWII in an incredible journey of bravery and friendship from Anna Fargher, beautifully illustrated by Sam Usher.
The Umbrella Mouse: A heart-stopping tale of courage, friendship, and resistance set against the backdrop of WWII.
1944, London. Young mouse Pip Hanway's world is turned upside down when her home, James Smith & Sons umbrella shop, is destroyed by a bomb. Orphaned and alone, she must begin a perilous quest to find a new home.
Her only hope lies in joining Noah's Ark, a secret gang of animals fighting with the French Resistance, operating beneath the feet of human soldiers. As the enemy closes in, Pip must risk everything to save her new friends.
Beautifully illustrated by Sam Usher, The Umbrella Mouse takes readers on an incredible journey through a war that reaches even the smallest of creatures. Winner of the 2019 Sainsbury's Book Prize for Fiction and a Waterstones Book of the Month, Fargher's debut novel draws on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII.
‘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 heroes.’ – Gill Lewis, author of Sky Hawk
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 heroes -- Gill Lewis, author of Sky Hawk
An exquisite children's book -- Telegraph, 50 best books of 2019
Move over War Horse . . . [an] enchanting first novel . . . beautifully written * Telegraph *
A stunning debut novel . . . Fargher's skill is to invest her hero with the complexity of a human being * The Oldie *
Brims with courage, friendship and adventure * Bookseller *
[A]n alternative narrative that is both immersive and engaging making this a potential modern day classic that KS2 children and older will truly enjoy * Armadillo Magazine *
A beautifully imagined wartime adventure with the bravest of heroines. -- Claire Fayers, author of The Accidental Pirates
The wartime background is vivid and completely convincing and Pip and her animal comrades are beguiling characters. Original adventure from an exciting new author * Lovereading4kids *
For older readers, the exquisite story of a mouse orphaned in the London blitz. Animals are easily sentimentalised in fiction, but Fargher invests her hero with the complexity of a human being, while minutely observing his rodent tics. * Sunday Telegraph - Books of the Year *
The wartime background is vivid and completely convincing and Pip and her animal comrades are beguiling characters * Lovereading4kids *
The best animal adventures since Margery Sharpe's The Rescuers -- Amanda Craig, New Statesman
ISBN: 9781529003970
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 22mm
Weight: 258g
288 pages