Pearl's Promise

Pearl's Promise #1

by Frank Asch

Pearl, a white mouse living in Mr. Adams's pet store, matches wits with Prang, an evil-tempered snake, to protect her little brother, Tony

Genres: Childrens

152 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1984

About the author

Frank Asch is an American children's writer, best known for his Moonbear picture books.

Asch published his first picture book, George's Store, in 1968. The following year he graduated from Cooper Union with a BFA. Since then he has taught at a public school in India, as well as at a Montessori school in the United States, conducted numerous creative workshops for children. He has written over 60 books, including Turtle Tale, Mooncake, I Can Blink and Happy Birthday Moon. In 1989 he wrote Here Comes the Cat! in collaboration with Vladimir Vagin. The book was awarded the Russian National Book Award and was considered the first Russian-American collaboration on a children's book.

Asch lived in Somerville, New Jersey where he and his wife home-schooled their son Devin.

He currently lives in Vermont with his wife, Jan.

Reviews

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly exciting, for a kids’ book. Pearl is a pet-store mouse taking care of her little brother, Tony, in a cage with many other mice. Overcrowding? Yes, it’s a problem, so the pet store owner acquires a snake to help diminish the mouse population. Unfortunately, Tony is chosen for the snake’s first meal, and dropped into his aquarium. Luckily snakes only eat once every few days, but just as Pearl is figuring out how to rescue her brother, she’s adopted out. Her new owner is wonderful, but she knows she has to get back to the pet store and rescue Tony before the snake gets hungry. It’s touch and go, and I couldn’t put the book down until the very last page.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good kid's adventure novel. I remembered loving it as a child and my son also really enjoyed it!

[Joey Gamble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great kid's book!

[Tori · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute book!a mouse named pearl has to go on wild adventures to save her brother from being eaten by a snake !doesn't sound like much and it may just look like some old book but it will have you on the edge of your seat with both touching and existing adventures

[Ronna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book, intense ending. When I read this to my children I tended to censor some pages.

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a great book to read to kids!

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Catherine Mustread · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grades 3+