Always, Clementine

First US edition

Hardback (06 Sep 2022)

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Publisher's Synopsis

From the author of I, Cosmo comes a humor-filled, heart-tugging tale of a genius mouse, secretly freed from a lab, who's in search of a real home-and a way to free her old friends.

Clementine is different from other mice: she can calculate the speed of light and she dreams in Latin. The scientists say she's a genius and put her through test after test. Clementine is proud of being a good lab mouse, but she's lonely. Her only snatches of friendship occur during her late-night visits with a chimpanzee named Rosie. When a compassionate lab technician frees Clementine, the mouse discovers an outside world full of wonders: Brussels sprouts, games of speed chess, television fame, and a chance for a real home. But for Clementine, it's not enough to be free when she knows that Rosie and the other mice are not. This tender, lively adventure story, narrated in letters from a mouse to a chimpanzee, shows us that goodness is something we have to define for ourselves-and that courage and wisdom aren't proportionate to size.

Book information

ISBN: 9781536228847
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Imprint: Walker Books
Pub date:
Edition: First US edition
DEWEY: Fic
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20240422
Language: English
Number of pages: 289
Weight: 468g
Height: 217mm
Width: 146mm
Spine width: 26mm