Emmy’s Blog

These books by M.I. McALLISTER are very exiting, fun-filled and very cute. Even though there are only 2 books in the series[so far] they are wonderful books about otters, red squirrels, hedgehogs and moles living together on the island of Mismantle[which is protected by enchanted mists] .

The first book called The Mistmantle Chronicles Urchin Of The Riding Stars starts off on the island of Mismantle when a mother squirrel is giving birth on a night of the Riding Stars. But she soon dies afterword and the baby is found by a squirrel named Captain Crispin.He notices that the baby is paler than other squirrels. He gives it to another squirrel named Apple to take care of him. They name it Urchin of the Riding Stars. As he grows up he becomes a page to Captain Crispin, but afterword something terrible happens. The hedgehog prince, King Brushen and Queen Spindle’s son, is murdered and it appears that Crispin did it! So he is exiled[or banished from the island]. Now Urchin becomes a page to Captain Padra, who is an otter. Meanwhile Captain Husk is up to no good. Will Urchin find a way to get Crispin back? Read to find out. Now in The Mistmantle Chronicles Book Two Urchin And The Heartstone is about Urchin finding out about his past and about a prophecy that was mentioned in book one. I won’t give away all of the details, but all I can say is that these books are for people who love animals and adventure.