Minerva Mint, mysterious orphan who lives in Lizard Manor, reminds me so much of Pippi Longstocking. She has that carefree adventurousness about her, and she surrounds herself with friends of the human and animal variety. In this first book of the series we meet Minerva and celebrate her birthday, while she and her new friends plot ways to scare off the couple masquerading as her parents in order to get their hands on Lizard Manor.

This book was just adorable. Minerva lives in the kind of world I wanted to live in as a child, where adventures are encouraged and badgers live in the house.

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