The Mice
Lenneke Westera
Trim size: : 14,3 x 21,5 cm | 228 pages
When the mice pop up, life takes a surprising turn
That Wednesday I had to roll the garbage container to the street curb for collection. They don’t say much, just the words ‘San Francisco’ and ‘Peru’ – but that turns out to mark the start to a remarkable journey, all the way to America. The mice keep popping up along the way, appearing to give Fien instructions. Which land her deep in the jungle, along with her teacher – who looks suspiciously like a Native American Indian. With The Mice, Lenneke Westera has created a delightful adventure story: fantastic in every sense of the word. After turning the last page, you can’t wait to run into mice as well – you never know what will happen next!
I hate doing that, it’s such a stinky thing. But I had to.
So I grabbed it by the handle and pulled it away from the garden fence – and suddenly, there they were. Pressed against the lowest board of the fence – all eighty of them.
The mice.
One afternoon they suddenly appear: the mice. Which is odd enough as it is, but things get even stranger when they start talking to Fien…
The Mice
About the author
Marleen Westera spent many years working in health care before she discovered her big passion in life, writing. Suddenly, however, they were there, Sheep and Goat. They were having an argument in the field one morning, and from that moment on, they have held the writer in their grip.
Ms. Westera lives in the Netherlands.
