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Funny, thought-provoking and moving, this much loved story is a true classic.
‘What are we, Papa?’ the toy mouse child asked his father.
‘I don’t know,’ the father answered. ‘We must wait and see.’
So begins the story of a tin father and son who dance under a Christmas tree until they break the ancient clockwork rules and are themselves broken. Thrown away, then rescued from a dustbin and repaired by a tramp, they set out on a dangerous quest for a family and a place of their own – the magnificent doll’s house, the plush elephant and the tin seal they had once know in the toy shop.
‘Hugely funny, provocative, pathetic and heroic.’ TLS
‘Brilliantly plotted . . . a spellbinder . . . it has a style that glows and crackles.’ Spectator
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The mouse and his child are discarded into the rubbish after Christmas. Forced to join the ruthless Manny Rat, they remain indomitable – with the help of their guardian angel, a self-absorbed frog trapped in an old glove.
| Weight | 0.22 kg |
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| Dimensions | 17.9 × 13.5 × 2.4 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 262 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Dewey | 813.54 (edition:23) |
| Readership | Children – juvenile / Code: J |
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