A review by roseleaf24
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy, Randall Wright

4.0

The Cheshire Cheese Inn makes the best cheese in the country, and is a common hangout for several authors, including Charles Dickens. Dickens is struggling to come up with an opening line for his newest serial about the French Revolution, but he is distracted by the oddly acting animals at the Inn. The cat Skilley has been brought in as a mouser, but he has a dark secret. Instead of mousing, he teams up with Pip, the feisty leader of the mice, to work on a mutually acceptable agreement. All is well until Adele, a housemaid adopts Pinch, a vicious cat, to help Skilley with the mouse problem. But Skilley isn't the only one at the Inn with a secret.

This charming animal story creatively weaves Dickens' novel-writing and historical intrigue with the goings-on of some mice and cats. The authors do not let the cleverness and the charm keep them from writing a well-plotted and well-paced story.