The Puppeteer's Apprentice

by D. Anne Love

Book Overview

Mouse works in the scullery at Dunston Manor, peeling onions, stirring the pots, sweeping the floors, and doing her best not to get into trouble with the fractious cook. Alone at night in the dark corner she calls home, she wishes for something wondrous to happen and dreams of a better life. But what chance does she have, a girl born with nothing, not even a proper name?Then Mouse sees a puppet play and knows at once what she must do. Somehow she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689844247
• ISBN13: 9780689844249
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Good Read for the Family

We read this story aloud as a family, and really enjoyed it. It's about an orphan girl named Mouse who runs away from her life as a servant. After seeing a puppet show at the fair, she wants to learn how to make the puppets dance. She stows away on the mysterious puppeteer's wagon. After a rough beginning, the two become friends as they travel through Medieval England. It was an enjoyable read, although there was an unnececary description at the beggining that we could have lived without. But there aren't a lot of stories about little girls in the Middle Ages, and this is certainly better than Catherine Called Birdie. In short, it was very, very good.