Contributions

  • Dockray, Tracy, ill. - Contributor

Publication

2006 - HarperTrophy, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

46,500 words, Guess

Page Count

186 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100380709244
  • ISBN-139780380709243
  • LibraryThing23220
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006926609
  • OCLC Control Number71666794
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]

Description

The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. The book was released as a selection of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club (Intermediate Division) and won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1968.

First Sentence

KEITH, the boy in the rumpled shorts and shirt, did not know he was being watched as he entered room 215 of the Mountain View Inn.

Description

A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

Subjects

Genres

  • Juvenile fiction

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