The Rescuers / Miss Bianca / The Turret

by Margery Sharp, Garth Williams (Illustrator)

This one volume has the first three books in Margery Sharp's out of print "Miss Bianca" series. This volume contains The Rescuers, Miss Bianca and The Turret. These are the adventures of the Mouse Prisoners' Aid Society in their quest to free humans in distress.

Genres: Fiction

439 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Margery Sharp was born Clara Margery Melita Sharp in Salisbury. She spent part of her childhood in Malta.

Sharp wrote 26 novels, 14 children's stories, 4 plays, 2 mysteries and many short stories. She is best known for her series of children's books about a little white mouse named Miss Bianca and her companion, Bernard. Two Disney films have been made based on them, called The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under.

In 1938, she married Major Geoffrey Castle, an aeronautical engineer.

Reviews

[Noel K.]

The Rescuers movies from Disney were some of my favorites growing up. So, when I found this, I had to read it! The stories (three in this volume) were cute and had good adventures, but I wouldn’t say they’d be totally PC in 2026. Also, felt odd that mice can talk to people and other animals BUT other animals can’t talk to people.

My FAVORITE part was when the Norwegian poet from the first story invited the Norwegian mouse (recruited so they had someone on the team to speak in the man’s native tongue) to go out with him and the homies next time he was in Oslo, and the follow-up was they met up for a boys night. Buddy was partying with a MOUSE.

My Bookshelf Summary:
A fancy mouse (Bianca), a rough-around-the-edges mouse (Bernard) and their assortment of animal friends save some humans.

[Laura]

What a delightful trilogy - I'm not sure why the Miss Bianca books appear to be out-of-print, but I do hope someone corrects this soon! This series is very British, with talking, heroic mice rescuing prisoners of all stripes. The Prisoner's Aid Society will be familiar to anyone reading "those sorts" of British books, as will the characters (I loved Miss Bianca's attitude of noblesse oblige at all times).

[Ria]

Brilliant stories, well worth reading and exciting storylines.