The Puppeteer's Apprentice

We read this story aloud as a family, and really enjoyed it. It's about an orphan girl named Mouse who runs away from her life as a servant. After seeing a puppet show at the fair, she wants to learn how to make the puppets dance. She stows away on the mysterious puppeteer's wagon. After a rough beginning, the two become friends as they travel through Medieval England. It was an enjoyable read, although there was an unnececary description at the beggining that we could have lived without. But there aren't a lot of stories about little girls in the Middle Ages, and this is certainly better than Catherine Called Birdie. In short, it was very, very good.