Why read The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather's Whiskers?

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In a distant future, a little girl named Anny makes toy mice out of scraps and dust. Anny has never seen a real mouse, just as she's never seen the planet her family came from many generations ago. All she knows is her home, Tsedt: an isolated village of human…

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1 author picked The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather's Whiskers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Carole Stivers

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Here’s a delectable little morsel I devoured when the publisher offered me a galley to read!

Ursula K. Le Guin meets H.P. Lovecraft in this daring little novel, and we, the readers, get to savor that battle. With simple language and seamless worldbuilding, Kenneth Hunter Gordon weaves a daunting tale of human survival. And through the logical, childish eyes of his protagonist Anny, we learn what it means to be human, nonhuman, and everything in between.

It was difficult for me to put this one in a box - the hallmark of an original work. I’ll be thinking about it…

From Carole's 3 favorite reads in 2025.