Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.

Copyright Date: 2018

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 07/03/18

Illustrator: Graegin, Stephanie,

Pages: 170 pages

ISBN: 1-484-73236-7

ISBN 13: 978-1-484-73236-6

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2017056151

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Hotels, motels, etc. Fiction.
Forest animals. Fiction.
Summer. Fiction.
Forest fires. Fiction.
Weddings. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 20,852

Reading Level: 4.2

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.2 / points: 3.0 / quiz: 195681 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:3.3 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q74772

Lexile: 570L

Courage, kindness, and adventure abounds in this charming, illustrated chapter book series about a mouse discovering the true meaning of home. 

It's summer at the Heartwood Hotel, and everyone is in a flurry getting ready for Ms. Prickles's wedding to Mr. Quillson! Meanwhile, a new mouse guest named Strawberry comes to stay. She's sweet and soft-spoken like Mona, and gifted in the kitchen just as Mona's mother was-could Strawberry be a long-lost relative?

But when lightning strikes part of Fernwood Forest and starts a fire, all thoughts go to the guests and staff hurrying to leave to make sure their homes and families are safe. Mona works to protect the Heartwood from harm, but as the fire rages on, it's becoming dangerous to stay. Can Mona and her friends save their home before it's too late?


These heartwarming stories will delight newly independent readers.