Kelly Murphy

In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.

Two little monsters have fun going to school and playing with their friends, but even a busy day does not make bedtime any easier.

Happy to be adopted at last, twelve-year-old orphan Mary Hayes soon learns a terrifying secret about her new mother, the mysterious Madame Z.

When his best friend, a human boy named James, goes away on vacation, Marvin the beetle worries that their friendship may end.