Secrets at Sea
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780307968265 (030796826X)
Publish date: January 10th 2012
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Edition language: English
A significant departure from Richard Peck's other stories and a wonderfully witty, whimsical delight.
I liked this okay but I have no idea who it's for.
I think the word to describe this is cute. I felt for Helena, the oldest mouse, who must care for her younger siblings as they travel across the Atlantic with their Upstairs family. And I thought Peck did a lovely job of creating her voice and her way of looking at the world. Anthropomorphized? Yes,...
Reviewed from an ARC.4.5 Stars—4.5 tending towards 5 stars (so, I'll give it a 5)! I know what you’re thinking—I’ve wondered about it myself: What’s this crank doing reading a children’s book—a GENRE-children’s book at that? I can tell you, and I will: when a friend sends you an ARC of a Richard Pec...