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The Mousehunter [Kindle Edition]

Alex Milway
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In Emiline's world, there are thousands of species of mice, some rarer than others. Mousehunters travel the world collecting the rarest and most special breeds, from the wily and deadly Sharpclaw Mouse to the dog-sized Elephant Mouse and the quick-as-lightning Comet Mouse.

For Emiline, a mousekeeper in the employ of wealthy Isiah Lovelock, there is no greater dream than becoming a famous mousehunter. So when she is given the opportunity to join the hunt for the legendary pirate Mousebeard, she sets off on the most dangerous, most thrilling, most swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime.

The Mousehunter is an extremely accessible, dark and thrilling story, featuring original black & white illustrations, maps and character portraits.

About the Author

Alex Milway began attending art colleges in when he was 16 years old. While there, he won a David Murray Landscape Award from the Royal Academy. He currently lives in London and works in magazines, where he discovered his love of writing. He runs his own fairy tale blog Old Hokey's Whimsical Tales. Milway has written many short tales, but The Mousehunter is his first full-length children's book.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1330 KB
  • Print Length: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (February 1, 2009)
  • Sold by: Hachette Book Group
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B001RTKIRI
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,877 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Odd perspective, February 21, 2011
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Emiline, the title character for this story, but oddly she is not the protagonist. She is only somebody who happens to be in the midst of it, and the story is told from her perspective.

If you are looking for a book for a girl , then look elsewhere.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, May 7, 2010
This review is from: The Mousehunter (Paperback)
Twelve-year-old Emiline Orelia is the best mousekeeper in Old Town, but wants more than anything to become a mousehunter.

While she's cleaning the cages of the Blinking Mouse of Bobo and the Rook-winged Mouse of Scarlet Island, she dreams of accomplishing greater things than maintaining mice. Even though she works for Isaiah Lovelock, the most famous mouse collector in the world, there aren't many opportunities to make a name f...more Reviewed by Natalie Tsang for [...]

Twelve-year-old Emiline Orelia is the best mousekeeper in Old Town, but wants more than anything to become a mousehunter.

While she's cleaning the cages of the Blinking Mouse of Bobo and the Rook-winged Mouse of Scarlet Island, she dreams of accomplishing greater things than maintaining mice. Even though she works for Isaiah Lovelock, the most famous mouse collector in the world, there aren't many opportunities to make a name for herself.

When Mousebeard, the fiercest pirate in all seventeen seas, meddles one too many times with Lovelock, her employer hires Devlin Drewshank, a buccaneer, to capture him. Emiline impresses Drewshank with her mousing abilities and wins a place upon his ship. However, instead of starting her own adventure, she gets roped into an exciting but dangerous conspiracy of illegal mouse trading, deadly curses, and lots of double-crossing.

Alex Milway's THE MOUSEHUNTER is a magical romp through pirate ships and brigand-ridden cities. In Old Town, the Dead Collector, Mr. Droob, has an assistant to help take care of all the bodies that wash ashore.

Though this book is filled with mice, there's nothing mousy about it! Milway creates a fantastic world where people live and die for rare breeds of mice. The novel is populated with an eccentric cast of human characters, from the beautiful and manipulative Lady Beatrice Pettifogger to the brilliant and slightly bonkers Algernon Mountjack.

Young readers will love the resourceful and hardworking Emiline, her trusty grey mouse, Portly, and her best friend and fellow mouser, Scratcher. In addition, each chapter is introduced with an entry of Isaiah Lovelock's The Mousehunter's Almanac and features many of Alex Milway's own illustrations.

Reviewed by: Natalie Tsang
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