Picked this up at The Book Thing in Baltimore, Maryland.

Registered in Centreville, Virginia, USA.

I grew up on this movie. Time to read the book.

I grew up on the movie version, and figured it was high time for me to finally read the book. Mrs. Frisby is a widowed mouse with four children living in a cinder block in a farmer's garden for the winter. At the start of the story, her youngest son Timothy is ill with pneumonia and cannot leave the house. However, the plow will be coming through soon, which will destroy the cinder block and kill everyone inside. After helping a young crow named Jeremy, he takes her to see a wise owl, who tells her to ask the rats to move her house. These rats are unusually intelligent, with quite the backstory. I was a little disappointed that Mrs. Frisby never got a first name, but given that her husband's deeds were the only reason anyone gave her the time of day, I suppose it was fitting. All in all, I liked it. The characters were compelling and the ending was satisfying, if quite bittersweet. I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as a child; I was fairly sensitive when it came to the death of animals. As an adult, however, I found it to be a fascinating exploration of how a wild animal would deal with newfound intelligence. Recommended.

Bringing this to the monthly BCinDC meetup at Elevation Burger in National Harbor, MD. If no one claims it, I'll donate it to the Accio Books bookdrive.

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Join me April 15-17 for the 2011 BookCrossing Convention in Washington, D.C.!

This book was left over from the BCinDC meeting at National Harbor on March 20th. Melydia wanted it to go to the Accio book drive so it will be passed along there on Saturday.