This book was very thought-provoking. It really makes you think about what it would be like to be two inches tall. Stuart, a mouse, but the child of a normal-sized human lives just like a normal man, but he would fit in your pocket. He has a car, drinks sarsaparilla, and goes to town. His one love, a small bird named Margalo, gets a note from a pigeon that cats are out to get her. She flies north, and Stuart follows her, helping people along the way. I thought that, although this book was great, the real adventure starts three quarters of the way into the book, when Stuart sets off to find Margalo and bring her back.