Newbery Award winner Richard Peck to sign his wonderful new book SECRETS AT SEA

Newbery Medal winner Richard Peck will visit the store to sign his wonderful new book SECRETS AT SEA (for ages 9-12). In the beloved tradition of The Borrowers, The Tale of Despereux, and The Cricket of Times Square, here is an irrestible adventure story  of the tiny individuals who secretly
live among us humans. Helena is the oldest of four mouse siblings who live in the
walls of the Cranston estate. It is 1887 when the nouveau riche Cranstons decide to take a cruise
ship to England in search of a husband for their awkward older daughter. The Cranston
mice stow away in the luggage . . . and so begins the time of their lives, as
they meet intriguing, cosmopolitan mice onboard and take it upon themselves to
help the human Cranston daughters find love. They might just find perfect futures for themselves as
well! Full of laughs, near-misses, and surprise, this is Richard Peck at his best and most playful. Peck is a two-time National Book Award finalist, and has received an Edgar Award, the Margaret A.
Edwards Award, the Scott O'Dell Award, and a National Humanities Medal.