The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail is a 2013 children's novel written by Richard Peck and illustrated Kelly Murphy. The book is set in the same universe as Secrets at Sea. The novel is suitable as reading for grades four through six.
Overview
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail is a 2013 children's novel written by Richard Peck and illustrated Kelly Murphy. The book is set in the same universe as Secrets at Sea. The novel is suitable as reading for grades four through six.
Set in Victorian England, the story features a mouse who tries to discover his origins by asking Queen Victoria.
Plot
A mouse in London in search of information about his identity ends up at Windsor Castle.
Characters
Mouse Minor/Prince Ludovic - The protagonist. He is a white mouse who was born in London England. He lives in the Royal Mews next door to Buckingham Palace.
Yeomice - The Captain of the Guard of Mouse Minor's father.
Aunt Marigold – Mouse Minor's aunt.
The Mouse Queen – The Queen of the mice of the United Kingdom. She is Mouse Minor's grandmother.
Queen Victoria - The human Queen of the United Kingdom. In the book, she is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee.
Fitzherbert and Trevor - They are the bullies of mouse minor. Fitzherbert is the son of the Mouse Permanent Superintendent of the Mews, while Trevor is the son of the Mouse Controller of Stores.
Ian
Prince Bruno Havarti
Princess Ena – The Queen's granddaughter.
Prince Albert
B. Chiroptera
Queen Ann
Pegasus
The Bat Chancellor
The Mouse Princess – (Uncredited) The Mouse queen's daughter. She is the wife of the Captain of the Guard. She gives birth to Mouse Minor, but dies shortly afterwards.
