Abel's Island: (Newbery Honor Book)

NEWBERY HONOR BOOK Abels Island tells the story of a mouse who gets swept away from his beloved wifea truly timeless classic about lifes simple pleasures by William Steig the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!. Abels place in his familiar mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother a comfortable home and a lovely wife Amanda. But one stormy August day furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island. Despite his determination and stubborn resourcefulnesshe tried crossing the river with boats and ropes and even on stepping-stonesAbel cant find a way to get back home. Days then weeks and months pass. Slowly his soft habits disappear as he forages for food fashions a warm nest in a hollow log models clay statues of his family for company and continues to brood on the problem of how to get across the riverand home. Abels time on the island brings him a new understanding of the world hes separated from. Faced with the daily adventure of survival in his solitary somewhat hostile domain he is moved to reexamine the easy way of life he had always accepted and discovers skills and talents in himself that hold promise of a more meaningful life if and when he should finally return to Mossville and his dear Amanda again.