Peck, Richard, 1934-

Secrets at sea : a novel / by Richard Peck ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy. - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2011. - 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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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.

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Mice--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Human-animal relationship--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
Adventure fiction.


Atlantic Ocean--History--Fiction.


Adventure fiction.

PZ7.P338 / Sdm 2011

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