Although Nurk wants to be like his fearless (but long-lost) warrior grandmother, he's not a very brave shrew. He worries about going on adventures: what if he spends his time "wet and cold and hungry and without clean socks"? Then a mysterious letter arrives with a desperate plea for help. It is meant for his grandmother, but Nurk decides that he has no choice but to go in her place. Before long, he finds himself on a dragonfly-prince-saving mission that would intimidate even the biggest, baddest, and bravest of adventurers. Black-and-white art.
Title alpha Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
Category Intermediate Readers
Pages Count 144
Summary When Nurk mistakenly opens a mysterious letter intended for his famous warrior grandmother, he feels the only way to remedy his mistake is to seek out the sender and return the letter personally. Little does Nurk suspect that the dragonflies who wrote the letter will not be choosy about their hero—any small shrew willing to invade the lair of the mountain-sized Grizzlemole will do.
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