Family: Word Of Mouse By James Patterson

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Do you know what it’s like to be separated from your family and you have no one else to help you? The book is called, “Word of Mouse” by James Patterson. The genre of this book is realistic fiction.The book is written in 1st person view. The conflict of the book is that the main character, Isaiah, is trying to free his family from the scientists at the “Horrible Place”. This book has a total of 285 pages. Isaiah and his family are fleeing from the “Horrible Place” where mice get experimented on. While they were running, Isaiah gets stuck in one of the traps and his family abandon him without knowing. He gets out of the trap and realizes his family left him. He tries to survive on his own. Isaiah is a very confident,intelligent mouse. He is

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