Clarice the Brave

By Lisa McMann

Illustrated by Antonio Caparo

G.P. Putnum’s Sons, 2021. 265 p.

Clarice is a mouse that lives aboard a sailing ship. She has a hard life. One day a ship’s cat eats her sister and soon after her mother is swept overboard. That leaves Clarice on board the ship with only her younger brother, Charles Sebastian, who is afraid of almost everything. Then there is a mutiny among the humans. Clarice is thrown in with the Captain and Captain’s pet cat in a life boat. Charles Sebastian is left aboard the ship with two more cats and a bunch of chickens. Clarice must do all in her power to figure out how to survive and to get reunited with her brother again.

This is a good book for young readers who want more books like the Redwall series by Brian Jacques or the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Clarice is brave and courageous as she tries to do impossible human-sized things while being just a small mouse. Also, the book has fun illustrations every few chapters and this is a great audio book.

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