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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Midnight Museum Mice

Midnight Museum Mice

Ahmed, Aqeel

Paperback

General Juvenile Fiction

ISBN10: 1834230233
ISBN13: 9781834230238
Publisher: 978-1-83423-023-8
Published: Jun 17 2025
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Midnight Museum Mice

Introduction Summary-MidnightMuseumMice
By day, the Grand City Museum dazzles with dinosaur bones, velvet ropes and jewel-bright exhibits; by night, once the last light clicks off, its tiniest residents awaken. Thumb-sized bronze mice scurry from shadowed corners, guarding humble relics most visitors ignore-a single wheat grain, a patched oven mitt, a battered compass-each tied to an unsung hero. Determined that such stories never fade, the mice polish, rearrange and await a listener.

Twelve-year-old Juno, the museum's youngest volunteer curator, hears their midnight rustle and investigates. She teams up with skateboard-riding guard Max and rooftop history vlogger Lily. Following glowing paw prints through star-painted ducts, they uncover billionaire donor Mr. Sterling's plan to replace every real artifact with dust-free holograms. If he succeeds, the bronze mice will freeze again and the memories they protect will vanish.

The whisper becomes a whirlwind: metal tails spell COURAGE in wheat grains, skateboard chases weave beneath constellations, and a livestream viewed worldwide turns children into remote allies. The trio rescues neglected objects-a nurse's stopped watch, a gardener's seed packet, a bus driver's ticket punch-and returns them to cases beneath holographic constellations that map each hero's journey.

Technology is transformed from threat to lantern, illuminating scratches, stitches and fingerprints that prove real hands once held them. Crowds both on-site and online discover that learning feels like an adventure when every squeak, wheel turn, and camera flash guides them deeper into the real, rough texture of the past, proving museums can beat like living hearts instead of echoing vaults forever true.

Midnight Museum Mice celebrates the quiet bravery hidden in everyday pockets. It shows that courage can ride inside a shoelace, whistle through a chipped lifeguard's pipe or rest in a clay marble carried to war; that small voices-be they squeaks, elder whispers or children's questions-can rally entire communities to listen and protect the past. Follow the Hero Paths marked by bronze footprints and discover a museum reborn into a living heart where every story, no matter how small, shines.


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