Monday, March 12, 2018

The Rescuers

Bottom line:  Adventure novel with mice.
Author:  Margery Sharp
Lexile measure: 880
Language: None offensive.
Violence:  None, however, in the following novels there are mentions of abusive discipline of children such as beating without any graphic details.
Big Kid Mature Topics:   The prisoner being rescued for an unknown crime, presumably an unjust imprisonment but it's never really spelled out.  Drunkeness portrayed in a bad light.  Adults in the novel are often, but not always, evil.  One of the male protagonists is in love with the female protagonist but there isn't any physical affection--he's just very protective and concerned for her.
Illustrations:  Black and white shaded drawings, every few pages.
Plot:  moderately complex
This isn't the Disney version at all.  If your children like talking mice, this novel is not as dark as Despereux and yet probably just as exciting.  It has the plus of having both male and female protagonists.  The female protagonist faints at one point, but she also is quite brave when faced with actual danger.  My word lovers also enjoyed the extensive use of Latin based vocabulary.
Helpfully, this book is the first of several in a series about Miss Bianca.

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