  | Always, Clementine Author: Sorosiak, Carlie | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
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. When a compassionate lab technician frees Clementine, the mouse discovers an outside world full of wonders. But for Clementine, it's not enough to be free when she knows that other lab animals like Rosie the chimpanzee and the other mice are not.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (07/15/22)
Booklist (08/01/22)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/01/2022 The escape-from-the-lab premise is a favorite within the animal-fantasy genre, but Sorosiak keeps it fresh in her latest endeavor. Mousenapped rather than escaped, Clementine has found herself and another lab mouse snatched from their cage and left in a stranger’s mailbox with a note entreating whomever finds them to “please protect these mice.” That’s how a boy named Gus and his grandfather become their unwitting guardians. Experiments with mouse DNA have resulted in genius-level intelligence in Clementine, making her a bright yet naive narrator for this tale. Relayed through a series of imagined letters to her chimp friend, Rosie, Clementine describes the bonkers scheme devised by Gus and Pop to elicit support for keeping her from being returned to the lab—a televised chess game with Clementine facing a series of human opponents. It’s a big-hearted endeavor that pulls in an eccentric cast of side characters who are immensely entertaining. Landing somewhere between Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan (2012) and James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein’s Word of Mouse (2016), this sweet-spirited adventure will easily find fans. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
