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Author:

Peck, Richard, 1934-

Title:

Secrets at sea : a novel / by Richard Peck ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2012, c2011

Description:

238 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Mice--Juvenile fiction.
Ocean travel--Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Social classes--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Atlantic Ocean--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Mice--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Atlantic Ocean--History--19th century--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Mice--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Human-animal relationship--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
Atlantic Ocean--History--Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Adventure fiction.

Other Authors:

Murphy, Kelly, 1977- ill.

Summary:

In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal, September 2011
Horn Book Starred, September 2011
Library Media Connection starred, January 2012
Pub Weekly, August 2011
Booklist, September 2011
Kirkus Starred, September 2011
New York Times, November 2011
Horn Book, April 2012
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2011
School Library Journal
Horn Book Starred
Library Media Connection starred

ISBN:

0329947591
9780329947590 (Follett bdg.)
0142421839
9780142421833 (pbk.)

Locations:

XRPC157 -- Anita Public Library (Anita)

SUPC124 -- Aplington Legion Memorial Library (Aplington)

SNPC104 -- Fairbank Public Library (Fairbank) — snpc104

ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

MCPB423 -- Radcliffe Public Library (Radcliffe)

XEPE697 -- Red Oak Public Library (Red Oak)

YQPB532 -- Wyoming Public Library (Wyoming)