The small brown mouse named Ralph who was hiding under the grandfather clock did not have much longer to wait before he could ride his motorcycle.
Ralph has made up his mind. He is going to run away. He is tired of being bossed around by his mother and Uncle Lester. He's fed up with his silly, pesky little brothers and sisters. Ralph is determined to grow up to be something more than just another crumb-scrounging mouse at the Mountain View Inn. He is going to live a life of speed, danger, and excitement--with his very own mouse-sized motorcycle!
But when Ralph speeds off down the open road on his red bike, he has no idea he's headed for excitement beyond his wildest dreams, or that he'll make a new friend who will rescue him from the frightening dangers of his big adventure.
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Runaway Ralph
1998 09, Scholastic Inc
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La escapada de Ralph
1997, Editorial Noguer
School & Library Binding
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Runaway Ralph
1991-11, Avon Camelot
Paperback
in English
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Runaway Ralph
1989, Morrow Junior Books
Library Binding
in English
- Morrow Eagle Library Edition (21)
0688317014 9780688317010
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Runaway Ralph
1985 05, Yearling
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 8th Dell printing
0440475198 9780440475194
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Runaway Ralph
1974 08, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Archway Paperback edition
0671296116 9780671296117
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"The small brown mouse named Ralph who was hiding under the grandfather clock did not have much longer to wait before he could ride his motorcycle."
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Runaway Ralph is the second in a children's novel trilogy written by Beverly Cleary. First published in 1970, it is the last book by Cleary that Louis Darling illustrated before his death. The book features the titular character, Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse that can talk to humans, and goes on adventures on his miniature motorcycle.
The book was given the Nene Award by the Hawaii Library Association in 1972.
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