Alice's Farm

By Maryrose Wood

A rabbit teams up with predators to save her farm from developers.

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368 pages· 100,642 words· Est. 14 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Alice, a daring rabbit, faces an unexpected alliance with predators to protect her home from a developer's bulldozer. As a city family struggles to adapt to farm life, Alice must navigate new friendships and devise a plan to save the farm. With the help of the farmer's son and a majestic bald eagle, can Alice outsmart the looming threat and preserve their way of life? Discover a tale of courage and unlikely partnerships in a world where survival depends on unity.

From the publisher

In Maryrose Wood’s stunning middle-grade novel, Alice’s Farm, a brave young rabbit must work with her natural predators to save her farmland home and secretly help the farm’s earnest but incompetent new owners. When a new family moves into Prune Street Farm, Alice and the other cottontails are cautious. The new owners are from the city; the family and their dog are not at all what the rabbits expect, and soon Alice is making new friends and doing things no rabbit has done before. When she overhears a plan by a developer to run the family off and bulldoze the farm, Alice comes up with a plan, helped by the farmer’s son, and other animals, including a majestic bald eagle. Here is a stunning celebration of life, the bitter and the sweet. Alice is some rabbit–a character readers will love for generations to come.

At a glance

Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Words: 100,642
Reading age: 8–12
Audience: Middle Grade
Lexile: 800L

Themes & topics

Books about bunnies and rabbits Books about farm life and ranch life Books about friendship Books about animals Books about farming

For the grown-ups

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LGBTQ

The main character’s best friend has two dads.

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