1st PLACE WINNER in the national
2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards! 
​Animals/Pets Fiction Category!

Me-Now: The Adventures of Mickey the Mushing Cat
by Leon Mensch

Explore new adventures with Mickey the Mushing Cat!  Born a stray cat and mistreated early in life, Mickey was eventually rescued by four Angels.  Later he's adopted by a couple in Vermont.  After years of enjoying the Vermont country-side, Mickey travels across country with his family to move to Alaska.  On the Kenai Peninsula, his owners start a dog sled kennel and begin learning the art of dog mushing.  Determined not to be left home alone, Mickey's daring spirit causes him to sneak into a sled bag loaded on top of the family truck.  After drifting off to sleep, he wakes up in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, a world famous race from Anchorage to Nome.  Can Mickey and his team survive the 900+ mile journey in bitter cold with many frozen rivers, deep gorges, and thin ice to cross, not to mention the other dogs teams on the trail that want to eat him?  Find out in Book 1: Me-Now, the Adventures of Mickey the Mushing Cat by Leon Mensch. 

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