• A Nest for Celeste

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    A Nest For Celeste
    Henry Cole
    Katherine Tegen Books, 2010
    Fantasy
    ISBN: 0061704105
    352 pages

    Synopsis

    A beautifully illustrated novel about a mouse, her friendship with Audubon’s apprentice, and her search for home.
    Beneath the crackled and faded painting of a horse, underneath the worn and dusty floorboards of the dining room, lives Celeste, a mouse who spends her days weaving baskets, until one day she is thrust into the world above. Here Celeste encounters danger—and love—unlike any she’s ever imagined. She dodges a hungry cat and witnesses the brutality of hunting for the first time.

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